Didymo

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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PRM wrote:


I have to say that it is somewhat amazing to me that you can say "George
Bush" or "Global Warming" around here and start a conversation that goes
on
for a while. The discussion may lack rationality and even basic
intelligence, but at least people care.

Start a thread on an emerging threat to our sport and only one person
cares
enough to even look it up and their respnse is NIMBY. (No offense
Wolfgang,
it's the same response I get whenever I tell anyone about it, even at
rivers
that are affected)

Why do we get wound up about yo yo politicos and not the sport this group
supposedly cares about?

NIMBY?

Hm.......

I've spent most of the past half century living in close proximity to
Lake Michigan, which has been subjected to a steady succession of
invasive exotic species that have caused incalculable damage. The
first thing I do on hearing of a new one is check to see whether or not
I will have to deal with it personally. That was all I had time for
earlier today. In fact, I haven't finished checking that out. Other
aspects of the issue will have to wait their turn

Aside from that, I will, for now, confine myself to pointing out that a
civil response to a question or observation is about as good as one has
any reason to expect in this place. Unless you've got an agenda that
didn't come through in your first or second messages, you'd do well to
keep that in mind.

BTW, not really expecting an answer.

I suspect that your expectations, or lack thereof, are fated to be a
matter of rapidly diminishing interest around here as, by your own
admission, they are elsewhere.

Wolfgang

I had my phone number de-listed when I made that comment, like I said, I
have lurked here for a while!! Your response was civil and my reaction to
it was not meant to cause offense.

I also know that you are one of the serious contributors to this group and
that you will check this out. When you do, we'll all .be just a little bit
better off. I think that this is a situation that this group may be able to
do something about, at least one person at a time.

"terry mcdaid" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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I suspect that your expectations, or lack thereof, are fated to be a
matter of rapidly diminishing interest around here as, by your own
admission, they are elsewhere.

Wolfgang

I had my phone number de-listed when I made that comment, like I said, I
have lurked here for a while!! Your response was civil and my reaction to
it was not meant to cause offense.

I also know that you are one of the serious contributors to this group and
that you will check this out. When you do, we'll all .be just a little
bit better off. I think that this is a situation that this group may be
able to do something about, at least one person at a time.



Yeah, I know about Didymo, and I agree wholeheartedly that that its a very
serious looming threat. Its the closest thing to river snot you can imagine,
and it clogs up the waterways of New Zealand so fast that it would make your
head spin. It starts as little spots on rocks and the substrate, but grows
into these large, slimy mats that look like wet sewerage that cover
everything. Chokes out the bugs that feed the fish, blocks out boats and
water access...pretty much destroys a watershed beyond you imagination, and
does it very quickly. The fish don't die off, but they are seriously
impacted, and fishing becomes pretty much a joke. Your retrieves are all
gummed up with this slimy, stringy, gooey mess. And it spreads like
wildfire...fishermen who have waded in a stream with didymo and who do not
disenfect their wading felts will spread it to a new watershed, dooming it.
Some of the best fisheries in NZ have been destroyed by it, and there is an
underlying resignation that neighboring watersheds are doomed. It may change
NZ fishing forever, and not for the best.

I agree with PRM that this is one thing that we should get edumacated about,
and keep on our radar screens. It makes milfoil look like child's play. But
yeah, at this point it is definatey a NIMBY sort of thing, but we all should
know about it so we can react quickly if word of it ever spreads to our
states. Its a damn shame what its doing to NZ.

--riverman

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Thanks, everyone, for the info, and for staying fairly objective about this
problem. I recently left my job to go back to school, aspiring to be a
fisheries biologist. Invasive species have becoma a major concern for
anglers here in west MI. It gets hard to fish when zebra muscles fray your
lines and round gobies devour the eggs and fry of game fish species. The
asian carp issue on the west shore of Lake Michigan is another great concern
here. The Muskegon river is a wonderfull tailwater to fish, and we don't
need something like Didymo ruining our river. I, for one, appreciate the
info passed here. It gives me further motivation to pursue my goal and
hopefully play a more active roll in finding solutions to these problems. I
love my river and want it to be around for awhile.

Thanks again,

Jeremy Moe

"Dawn Moe" wrote in message
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Jeremy Moe


Jeremy: are you and Dawn any relation to Diddy?

--riverman

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"Dawn Moe" wrote in message
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Jeremy Moe


Jeremy: are you and Dawn any relation to Diddy?

--riverman

No relation, although my wife Dawn sometimes treats me like a fungus!

Jeremy Moe