T&T: Potti

[Joel Wilkins]

Don't be so quick to incriminate livestock...when I lived in Oregon (as a
rancher) any feedlot that held more than x head of cattle/sheep/pigs per acre
was required to have retention dams built into the lower slopes of the lot. I
don't recall if it was an OR EPA requirement or US but we all installed these
retention dams to avoid fines. Never mind that we lived in the eastern part of
OR which is drier than a popcorn fart and miles from any ocean bound stream.
 
I think there is a huge difference between the droppings of a canadian goose
(or even a whole flock) and a very concentrated illegal discharge of a holding
tank. I agree it is way harder than it should be to find/use a pumpout but it
is also very easy to legally pumpout when outside the 3 mile limit...or 9 as
it is here in the FL gulf. Getting out side the 3 mile limit takes what..1/2
hour past the demarcation line.
 
Joel Wilkins
m/s Miss Magoo

--- On Sat, 11/1/08, John Tones <jtones at shaw.ca> wrote:

From: John Tones <jtones at shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: T&T: Potti
To: "GARY RITZMAN" <ritzmans at msn.com>
Cc: "Trawlers-samurai" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 3:46 PM

Well Marin and Gary both have very valid points as I am certain that we
all would be astounded at the degree of pollution from "natural"
sources. In our immediate area there are many dairy farms that are on
property that naturally slopes and drains into the local waters. If you
have a herd of 50 cows grazing in a field, seasonally accompanied by a
great many Canada Geese, you cannot help but have a natural degree of
pollution into those waters. As for the coastal waters of British
Columbia in general it has been my observation that more and more
boaters, even in remote areas, are not dumping directly overboard and
are going into deep/fast water to dump their holding tanks where there
is no pump out facility within reason. The little bays within Desolation
Sound Marine Park were totally disgusting a few years ago and then there
was the declaration regarding "no dumping" zones which has quite
obviously made a huge difference. In the past I would not think of
letting our dog play in these waters and now they are "almost"
swimming
waters again.
Common sense goes along ways in this entire problem area.

John Tones  MV Penta
Sidney, BC
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