Hi, This is an anecdotal story about eco-system recovery. I was born and raised on the other side of the Atlantic pond and lived in London. As a kid, I fell into the river Thames, just downstream from the commercial area. I suffered no harm, was immediately pulled out, but was then rushed to hospital to have my stomach pumped out, in case I'd ingested any of the poisonous water! When I was back in London a few years ago, I was told that there were now trout back in the commercial area of the Thames - that hadn't been the case since the days of Izaak Walton - and the water had certainly lost the turbidity that I so vividly remembered. If they can do it to the Thames, there's great hope for New York! Chris Banner Victoria. B.C. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 26 1999 - 20:17:30 PST
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