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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
New member with new boat. Long time lurker..
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<blockquote data-quote="bobberboy" data-source="post: 157203" data-attributes="member: 1417"><p>I've done a lot of reading about the history of the West and water is the single most important issue. Two things happened to spur the development of the large scale water projects in the West. First was the Mormon's proof that with irrigation the otherwise arid lands could be made to produce good crops. The second was California, specifically the Central Valley and Los Angeles. The amount of water that is sent into CA from the mountain states is amazing. It's hard for sportsmen and to understand sometimes, but the large lakes that resulted from damming the rivers exist to control floods and contain water, not to benefit boaters and fishermen. NE Colorado is pretty dry and without irrigation the farmers wouldn't survive. The fact that you have a lake to fish on is only a happy result of the need to store water. Lowering the level 17' in 2 days must be really hard on all the wildlife around there and you guys must have some pretty long docks or boat ramps to deal with fluctuations like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobberboy, post: 157203, member: 1417"] I've done a lot of reading about the history of the West and water is the single most important issue. Two things happened to spur the development of the large scale water projects in the West. First was the Mormon's proof that with irrigation the otherwise arid lands could be made to produce good crops. The second was California, specifically the Central Valley and Los Angeles. The amount of water that is sent into CA from the mountain states is amazing. It's hard for sportsmen and to understand sometimes, but the large lakes that resulted from damming the rivers exist to control floods and contain water, not to benefit boaters and fishermen. NE Colorado is pretty dry and without irrigation the farmers wouldn't survive. The fact that you have a lake to fish on is only a happy result of the need to store water. Lowering the level 17' in 2 days must be really hard on all the wildlife around there and you guys must have some pretty long docks or boat ramps to deal with fluctuations like that. [/QUOTE]
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