OK, you seem more reasonable this morning. Let me address your comments on the dam's concrete being bulldozed into the plunge pool behind the dam. That was done to prevent a "nick" or "headcut" from tearing upstream and redirecting the river's channel in unpredictable and often disastrous fashion, putting at risk properties and sometimes even lives in both the up and downstream flood plains. Sounds like the dam removers did not consider the need to restore the river channel above the former dam, hence your comment about it remaining a muck pit to this day.
As for the Flatbrook TCA proposals, they are the proposals of one person who cares deeply about that river. You or anyone on this board (or not on the board) are free to do the exact same thing for this river or any other. You are also free to speak your mind agains these or any other proposals. This is still America (but maybe not for long the way we're headed). If NJPatbee gets some traction on one of his proposals and it is presented formally to NJ F&W, you and all others will have your say in a public meeting or by writing a letter or sending an email. I for one am thrilled just to see someone with the passion to conserve and protect our coldwater resources, so I applaud Pat for his efforts. NJ needs more champions like Pat, regardless of whether you agree with the section of the BFB he is proposing. Just remember that the leadership of TU was hammered publicly for pushing to have the KLG put into a YRTCA. Now that piece of water is our most loved in the state, hands down. And if we don't move to protect it and to add additional TCAs, it will be loved to death, a problem already ocurring.
