How dams impact trout and other fish

We have been travelling in Australia for 8+ years and have seen our waterways get more polluted and undrinkable.
We have had bouts of gastro from drinking crystal clear water.
In hindsight, the lack of frogs, fish, lizards, or dragonflies should have given us a clue.
When in doubt, always boil your water or chew eucalyptus leaves as an antimicrobial, antiparasitic, etc.
We inform councils as we travel.
We want to live from our own skill as hunters and tried to find the best local fish.
A lot of salmon in Australia is grown in farms in Victoria and Tasmania, so we went to the Yarra Valley hoping to catch some fish.
Multiple failed attempts got us talking with locals and we started to observe the problems.
Next step... find solutions.
After watching videos of the successful Elwha River dam removals and how their ecosystem is improving, we felt it was timely to bring this knowledge to the council and the community.
Much more to this story, stay tuned.
For more information on the Elwha River dam removals, click this link:
• Gorge Metro Park Dam R...

[@lostinvictory8526]

I ran for council 4 years ago and wanted to bring in a flour mill and wood oven to our town, not enough people could see the point of it even during the Cv shortages.

[@Ilovethebush]

It would be ideal to roll out flour mills and water mills to every town across Australia.

[@faramund9865]

Yeah… I hope there’s some hope for salmon in the Rhine.

[@Ilovethebush]

I drank out of the Rhine when we were in Koblenz. Got sick.
I've grown up naked in a forest, so I thought that water everywhere was drinkable.

[@faramund9865]

@@Ilovethebush Right now it is awful. Often I wish I had more influence to sober things up. Maybe in the future.

[@Ilovethebush]

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