>From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- Natives should get TV exposure
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:08:30 -0700
>
> > The myth, as you describe it here, is simply the common
> > misconception that clear
> > water is axiomatically better water. Healthy water is often
> > clouded with life
> > (algae, diatoms, etc.). The "more natural looking" water of clear
>mountain
> > streams (so common in beer commericals) is virtually lifeless.
>
>And it's another "myth" or "misconception" or "perception" or whatever--
>that the value of a stream should be stated solely in human benefit terms
>(like drinking water quality or how they "look"). These streams weren't
>put
>aside for tens of thousands of years as special reserves solely for us to
>discover, admire, drink from, and poop in.
>
>--
>Jay DeLong
>Olympia, WA
>
>
>
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