On Jul 11, 7:26 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:

Fly Fishing Guide Lawton Weber discovered the invasive algae Didymo on
the upper Connecticut River on June 25, 2007.
Here is what he wrote...

On a sad note that ALL anglers in Vermont need to be aware of, I
discovered an invasive algae this past weekend on the Big C. I've
contacted the state and they're in the process of testing the algae,
but having seen this nasty algae in New Zealand over the past 4 years,
I'm all but certain about what I saw. This algae resembles cardboard
colored toilet paper, and clings to rocks where it can cover the rocky
streambed of rivers and streams. It tends to prefer clear, infertile
streams, which means most all of Vt. would qualify. It hangs up on
your nymphs, and spin anglers can get clumps of it on almost every
cast. It seemed quite widespread from Lyman Brook downstream on the
Big C (which means the spores are ALL the way downstream on the Big
C). As I told my fellow TU members this past weekend, we have to clean
our gear after we fish the Big C....

As more people fish in more rivers, the vector spread of this and
other organisms may be unstoppable. This is a good example of how
globalism and world population growth of 75 MILLION per year is
corrupting ecosystems. It's a people problem much more than an algae
problem.

But let's be politically correct and claim that Rock Snot, like every
other growth-induced environmental issue can somehow be "managed" or
"mitigated." Never blame these things on the constant overcrowding of
recreation areas. Someone might get offended because we all know
nature isn't worth much unless something can be extracted from it,
including tourist dollars.

E.A.

http://enough_already.tripod.com/

If any other species behaved like Man we'd call it a plague.