I apologize. The previous email of this letter was the unrevized version. I
felt that removing the sarcasm in the second paragraph improved my message.
Jack

Ongoing Fish Kills

What concerns me most about the latest fish kill (Lott's Creek),  besides
the scale of it (600.000), is the subtext underlying the fact that these
kills just keep happening. I do believe we can keep writing letters until
we're blue in the face and the situation is not going to change. Mr.
Beeman's article in the Register hints at the subtext when he mentions that
most of the fish killed were nonsport, as though this is some kind of
conciliation; as if the lives of these animals are of little more importance
than their contribution to our sport fishermen.  I doubt if God makes the
sport distinction when he views the destruction.

One hundred and twenty-seven incidents since 1995 says that the industries
behind these incidents, and the government responsible for regulations and
enforcement, are not putting too much of a price tag on hooking solutions.
It's not enough to just hope there will be no more spills. If we let it go
on we are going to desensitize even more and that's the poorest of
solutions.

Are we  to accept these kills as the unfortunate price of business?
Sometimes, when I read of these spills, I feel like a fish flapping on the
beach, as I lie in bed tossing and turning , alternating between grief for
these helpless animals and the way they died, and the anager and frustration
that I can't do anything about it. I'll keep writing letters. Someone please
listen.

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