Sick Streams

America's streams are in trouble, especially on the east coast. Unplanned, overcrowded development, deforestation and a general disregard for anything but a nice view has lead our streams on path of destruction. This article on emagazine.com runs down some of the EPA's numbers on the condition of our waterways.

From personal experience I know that the banks of many trout streams in Massachusetts and New York have been deforested to the point where native trout no longer spawn and stocked hatchery trout are only a seasonal phenomenon. Erosion, silt build-up and a vast array of pollution sources have contributed to the problem. Adirondack streams are in bad shape too, where acid rain is an additional problem.
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