http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/04/15/elephant-seal-hazard-at-russian-river/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/04/15/elephant-seal-hazard-at-russian-river/comment-page-1/#comment-168474 brthomas Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:56:04 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2436#comment-168474 I agree that boaters should be warned, but wild animals should be allowed to be wild. <a href="http://brt-insights.blogspot.com/2008/12/russian-river-whitewater-overview.html" rel="nofollow">Kayaking, rafting, canoeing & tubing guide for the Russian River.</a> I agree that boaters should be warned, but wild animals should be allowed to be wild.
Kayaking, rafting, canoeing & tubing guide for the Russian River.

]]> http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/04/15/elephant-seal-hazard-at-russian-river/comment-page-1/#comment-106100 Will Stevens Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:11:35 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2436#comment-106100 The harbor seals have been stacked up like cordwood for years at the mouth of the Russian River. People think they are "cute". When the mouth of the river opens up in the fall, salmon and steelhead try to get upstream to the hatchery where they were raised. Naturally the seals clobber the fish. Then we get stories of how we have low runs of fish on the Russian River and fishing must be halted. The hatchery is operated essentially to supply food for seals. I have been an advocate of a seal "hunting" season for years but it will never come to pass, as people in Sonoma County and the Russian River area are loonier than their counterparts in Berkeley. The harbor seals have been stacked up like cordwood for years at the mouth of the Russian River. People think they are “cute”. When the mouth of the river opens up in the fall, salmon and steelhead try to get upstream to the hatchery where they were raised. Naturally the seals clobber the fish. Then we get stories of how we have low runs of fish on the Russian River and fishing must be halted. The hatchery is operated essentially to supply food for seals. I have been an advocate of a seal “hunting” season for years but it will never come to pass, as people in Sonoma County and the Russian River area are loonier than their counterparts in Berkeley.

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