[env-trinity] Trinity Journal- River dwellers share views at Lewiston meeting

[Emelia Berol]

I am really enjoying all these conversations and concerns about the effectiveness of messing with Mother Nature.
In Buddhism there is a teaching about "compounded misery." This is where you perceive that you have a problem, or that there is something you would like to improve on ... and you end up with something worse ... sort of like the Sorcerer's Apprentice in the Disney film, Fantasia.

So first we built the dams, so that someone somewhere else could have more water, and then after a while we perceived that perhaps it had been a mistake, from the perspective of the river and its fisheries, wildlife, and local human residents. But instead of taking the dams down, which would have been good, we decided to "fix" the problems with RESTORATION. Whatever that is ...  

I guess we are all still trying to understand that. In the meantime, we have compounded our misery.

I can't help but wonder why it is that we are trying to turn good adult pools into spawning habitat while refusing to acknowledge the existence of  prime spawning habitat in the tributaries, which continue to be ignored by the TRRP, at the instruction of the BOR. 


Emelia Berol
Trinity River Advocate
Willow Creek, CA 95573
 

 “ Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ” 
William James


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Taoist philosophy practiced in Weaverville’s Joss House may subtly or overtly deal with evil. This special place in the Trinities is where one may achieve balance in a world filled with chaos and upset. 
 
Interestingly, Taoist practitioners highly involved in working toward balance are well aware of the symbolism and philosophy of the Joss House. Yet, those unknowing may or may not realize evil is dealt with through physical and spiritual barriers.
 
In addition to what our Chinese heritage still adds to our lives today, our Gold Rush pioneers also passed along wisdom. Judge C. A. Paulsen, whose parents arrived in the early 1850s, told me a saying he learned from his mother and father who appreciated diversity in people and opinions. I was in first grade when I first heard Judge Paulsen say, “Never worry too much about what happens here (in the Trinities), people get along, die or leave.”
 


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From: danielbacher at fishsniffer.com
Subject: Re: [env-trinity] Trinity Journal- River dwellers share views at Lewiston meeting
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:36:42 -0700
To: kierassociates at suddenlink.net



Deukmejian got in a classic quote in this article:
Dan
Deukmejian was followed most of the day by more than a dozen reporters and photographers.
In Weaverville, the news media trailed the governor into the century-old Joss House, a temple built to keep out demons.
"It didn't stop the press from going in there. I'm not sure how effective those barriers are," the governor quipped.

On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Kier Associates wrote:

After that morning rumination about Trinity River gravel vs. DG, I got to wondering if Ed Barnes could possibly still be around (he’d be ancient) – and found this http://articles.latimes.com/1985-07-24/news/mn-4728_1_governor-feeds-salmon, a 1985 piece about Governor Deukmejian visiting the TRRP on a campaign swing  – and what Ed (who gets promoted here from civil engineer to ‘state environmental scientist’ - or would that be the other way around?) had to say about the program’s success. 
> 
>We so ‘live in the moment’ I thought you-all might enjoy a longer view of Trinity River matters.  
> 
>Bill Kier
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