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SalmonAid director responds to 60 Minutes report on California water

Posted by: Maven on December 31, 2009 at 7:49 am

From IndyBay.org, this response to the 60 Minutes segment from Mike Hudson of SalmonAid:

my name is Mike Hudson, I’m the President of the Small Boat Commercial Salmon Fishermen’s Association (http://www.sbcsfa.com), a Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (http://www.pcffa.org) and the Executive Director of the SalmonAid Foundation (http://www.salmonaid.org).

I’m writing to voice my disappointment with yesterday’s 60 Minute segment about California Water.

1. Mrs. Stahl did not include any of our hard stricken fishermen and fishing related businesses in her report, and to produce a balanced report that would have been necessary (and interesting too). Please read the recent LA Times article “For salmon fishing port, the future is as murky as its waters” at http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fishing1-2009dec01,0,3780297.story and view the related pictures at
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1fishing-pictures,0,5768539.photogallery.

2. Mrs. Stahl showed an Almond grower grinding up some of his “valuable” trees that took 20 years to grow…. Just the slightest bit of research will tell you that Almond trees live for 20-25 years, and that’s it. So the trees this grower ground up were at the very end of their lifecycle, and drought or no drought – they would have been ground up anyways to make room for new ones. … “

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December 31, 2009 · Filed Under General Water Issues

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  1. The week that was, 12/27/2009-1/2/2010 | Chance of Rain on January 3rd, 2010 9:13 am

    [...] Mrs. Stahl showed an almond grower grinding up some of his “valuable” trees that took 20 years to grow…. Just the slightest bit of research will tell you that almond trees live for 20-25 years, and that’s it. So the trees this grower ground up were at the very end of their lifecycle, and drought or no drought … — Mike Hudson, SalmonAid, December 31, via Aquafornia [...]

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