Everyone needs to look at this

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Speckmeister

The Coastal folks have not returned my telephone calls but this just popped up : http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.s...l#incart_river

These southeast Louisiana folks are pretty upset with what's happening and the Coastal Restoration folks have their hands full for now.

Again, I will post the info. I hope to receive about the percentage of saltwater loss we could expect due to controlling the salinity levels of Calcasieu Lake (See yesterday's post) as soon as I obtain it.

Also, remember the ones being the loudest on there are two guides who now may have to drive their boat a little further to catch a speckled trout. Hopefully they will interview someone besides a guide in that area and get a second perspective. This quote out of there made me laugh.

"Ricks said he regularly checks the buoys installed in the area's lakes and bays, and salinity levels plummet whenever the diversion's gates are opened. Overnight in mid-January, he said, the salinity in Crooked Bayou near Four Horse Lake fell from 8 parts per thousand to 2 ppt after the diversion was opened to 5,000 cfs. In Cow Bayou, the salinity fell from 14 to 4 ppt, he said."


So you are telling me that when the freshwater diversion gates are opened, that the salinity goes down? Wow!




But seriously, the signs of dying ecosystems both cypress swamps and marsh can be seen all over the place.