Watershed Management

ReadFor all my friends that work for federal and state agencies and know that i would do anything to assist them in their conservation tasks; this link is a good read on a lot of the problems that i see with the agencies. i do not necessarily agree with the conclusion, but there is a lot of food for thought on the mechanism of what to change and the sequence order to approach the changes.
ThisThe fact remains that the 'tragedy of the commons' management style has left Douglas County with a Formosa Mine blight in Middle Creek that has cost 18 miles of prime salmon habitat for the past 12 years, while the agencies involved dodge responsibility and achieve nothing. This reaffirms the context of this Walker's piece.
JoinThe time has come to allow the foresters, hydrologists, geologists and other scientists to work at full geographic scale without the micromanagement by regulation of a dozen federal agencies, a myriad of state agencies and every local jurisdiction. The conflicting regulations and the bumps in the money flow-stream have set it up that contractors have to think twice before taking watershed contracts because they morph and getting paid takes forever. Join a local non-profit action group like the local Watershed Council - get good information on the water supply in your area.
HelpThe solution is a single set of guideline parameters (with borders) that remain fuzzy as long as conservation intent is demonstrated throughout the process. We do not need Michael Hogan in Eugene managing the Umpqua Basin from his court bench in Eugene.