A GREAT STATE WITHOUT ENOUGH WATER
Water Closet for 1-31-14 Sad news of California’s long drought was featured in the media last week. That corner of the nation diagonally opposite New England, three thousand miles across country and continent, is in serious trouble due to low precipitation. New...WHEN FISH AND MEN TEAM UP
Water Closet for 1-24-14 Tellico Four decades ago young lawyers, an ichthyologist, farmers, fishermen, and conservationists recruited a tiny fish in their battle against the mighty Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The diminutive David was unknown; the...MIDDLETON STREAM TEAM WINTER FAMILY HIKE
Invitation to the 2014 MIDDLETON STREAM TEAM WINTER FAMILY HIKE The “Ice Hike” Sunday February 2, 1-4 PM Families are invited to join Middleton Stream Team’s cool Annual Winter Discovery Hike in the wintery wilds of northern Middleton. We will visit the...HARPOONER OF TUNA BECOMES FISHER OF MEN
In this weeks Water Closet, we provide personal insights about an old friend, William “Billy” Packer and a review of his book “Fisherman’s Call”. Packer was an outstanding fisherman in the 70’s and 80’s specializing in harpooning blue fin tuna, a very valuable and prized fish both then and now. He had an epiphany at about age 40 which transformed him from a fisherman into and avid environmentalist. Packer became a preacher, teacher and guru for the environmentalist cause which he has dedicated almost half his life to. In 2011, he published “Fisherman’s Call” describing his early life as a fisherman and his transformation into an environmentalist. I think the article makes for interesting reading.