Biologists Call For Network Of Protected Rivers

By now, most of us are beginning to wake up to the fact that we're all interconnected to the natural world around us: screw with Mother Nature, our actions are liable to come back and bite us. Anyone remember Love Canal? ("Quick, honey, Google up Love Canal, would you?") How about Hinkley, California? (Hint: Hollywood made a movie about it, starring Julia Roberts as single mother, Erin Brockovich.) Does anyone in St. Petersburg, Florida recognize the name Raytheon?

Then there's the fact that we've managed to put an obscene number of species on the endangered list. Some of them, we've even managed to push over the edge. (A good site to check out is that of Endangered Species International: http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html?gclid=CKjcnYmk05oCFQq3sgod6RP82Q .)

I ran across this article today from Science Daily; I feel that it is important.

Biologists Call For Network Of Protected Rivers

ScienceDaily (2009-05-22) -- Scientists have used the Guadiana River basin, in which 92% of the species are under threat, as a reference point to measure the loss of aquatic biodiversity and its conservation value. A new study reveals that the state of fragmentation of Iberian river basins is “seriously endangering” the freshwater fish that inhabit them, and highlights the need to create new protected aquatic reserves. ... > read full article