Bad though they are, Pollution and Abstraction are not the "most damaging thing to rivers since the industrial revolution".
If you fish a river or stream that has any weirs on it you can expect that, in a little while, the plant, invertebrate and fish life will decline along with all the creatures, in and around the river, which rely on those plants, invertebrates and fish for their existence.
The forces at work to make this happen are enormous. There is money (tax payers' money) to be made here and some folk will do very well out of this financially over the next few years. For them to make these gains they need the support of communities all over the country and they are getting it right now through ignorance and lies. Communities of folk are being fed the story that what is about to happen to their rivers is "green" and will "reduce their carbon footprint". There is a happy holiday atmosphere to it all that carries this blood soaked bandwagon along merrily.
Do you know what it is yet?
We have little time left, it is already too late for some places but if we do nothing, river fishing will become a rare (and expensive) thing and we will be further along the route to Silent Spring!
I HOPE I AM WRONG but...
There are only three people to my knowledge who are trying to raise objections to this carnage, but this is on a national scale. Even if we three are successful (by no means certain) are Derbyshire and Staffordshire going to be the only counties where some of this lunacy is prevented? What about where you live and where you fish? Do you want to join in and help us?
richard
Pollution? Abstraction?
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