RIVER TRUTH & MYTHS — The St Joe and St Marys Rivers are contaminated with topsoil. Not pesticides, not insecticides, not fertiliser, not industrial contaminants, not effluent (which are all there in minor proportions) ... but topsoil. Topsoil from reckless farming that allows this most precious of all natural resources to run off their farmland. Run off the very land where it nourishes some of the most productive farming in the world. And once it spills into the Rivers converging on Fort Wayne and forming the Headwaters of the Maumee, it becomes a terrible contaminant to the aquatic, riparian, and littoral habitats of the life of these rivers. I sat on the board of the ALLEN COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION SERVICE and witnessed the brilliant resurrection of the BLACK CREEK TRIBUTARY to this watershed. By simply stopping the run-off of topsoil through contour ploughing, no-till planting, and 100 wide grass water edges that filtered the topsoil out before entering the creek ... by all of this. Black Creek was restored from a technically dead watershed into a vibrant natural habitat. Want to clean the rivers? STOP THE TOPSOIL. Believe the science and evidence instead of fear and panic. SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION are the two most precious resources we have. (Thank you Charlotte A. Weybright for this posting).
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:35:16 +0000
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