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 We know one thing. The water temperature certainly went 

 up in this stream. We know what will happen in the winter 

 when the rains come; We are going to have uncontrolled 

 runoff. 



9. What are the effects of the insecticides 

 and herbicides being sprayed on the forests and farmlands? 



The chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides, 

 which is my research specialty, have an effect on the re- 

 production of fish at two-hundredths of a part per billion, 

 and then they discuss sulfite waste liquor 1,000, 2,000 

 parts per million as being a toxic compound. I only wish 



that most wastes were as little toxic as sulfite waste 

 liquor. It would be much brighter for the fisheries and 

 oyster people. 



10. What is the effect of water diversions 

 for municipal use? Hydroelectric power? Agricultural use? 



11. What are the effects of mining 

 activities and gravel operations? 



12. How many young salmon have been affected 

 by the low-water flow this summer? The streams are drying 

 up. 



I got a call from a woman who lived near 

 the Nooksack and she was asking me, "Well, do you think the 

 State agencies will get mad if we took some of these fish 



