Pair Trawlers Banned from Inshore GOM Waters

[Offshore]

Sorry to read it, but thanks for the update, Mike.

[jkswimmer]

The truth is that inorder to fix a stream that has been damaged the group will have to jump through alot of hoops. This needs to be addressed at the State house because the red tape keeps groups from volunteering to get this work done.

[Offshore]

Much of the red tape has been eliminated. When I was in New Hampshire (I left in 2003) we did stream rehabilitation work on a number of coastal streams though the auspicies of NH Div.Marine Fisheries. We also had a state-wide group that has to date removed at least three dams. On one of them the Army Engineers did the actual work. On another, they supplied funding to hire the dam removal contractor.

It can be done,

[timw]

While red tape could certainly be reduced, there will always be hoops to jump through. Especialy when dealing with dam removals, sediment contamination and other such things. A committed, willing group should be able to get the job done by working within the current system.

[Offshore]

We found the key to it in NH was in having several state agencies involved with us - Water Resource Board, Dept.State Planning, Marine Fisheries, and a couple more. Maine has done an awful lot of dam removal and stream rehab and we just followed their example.