In class we read two articles about the San Joaquin River Restoration Project , a project that will cost the federal and state governments millions if not billions of dollars to complete and to put salmon back into the river.One written by Bill McEwen in the Fresno Bee Newspaper called “River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds” caught my attention the most. The way that the author brought up every aspect to go against it and had strong enough evidence to support his reasoning on the restoration being a waste of money because studies show that it will be unsuccessful (logos), as well as having many farmers and people losing water for this project (pathos)and since institution say that success is impossible( ethos) it’s most likely a be a mistake …show more content…
According to Bill’s article these logos, facts prove that they were never really educated on the topic of putting a species in an unsuitable environment because “Scientific evidence suggests that California’s salmon problems have been caused in large part by oceanic conditions and the environmental mess that is the San Joaquin” by the Sacramento Delta . Salmon need very specific living conditions to succeed in migration and that’s not an accurate picture of the river since the early 40’s. If we can’t provide these needs to become successful in the project, then it’s a useless amount of money and time to even try. McEwen stated that “No one knows if salmon can even survive in the lower San Joaquin, which is the temperatures more suitable for bass and bluegill”. While bass and bluegill are low maintenance breeds , adulterating the river with salmon would just be a useless purpose and a mistake on our part. Which supports that inserting the fish in improper areas can in fact do more harm than …show more content…
In February,8 2012 on a blog by Monty Schmitt “ the fish migration only achieved 40% and to move 150 miles downstream” but have hope to achieve the long term goal. This project sorta got to its goal, but not necessarily it didn’t reach its full intention. It succeeded in many ways, although also failed like it did waste more money than originally planned ,which i believe is useless. The 5 year drought most definitely must of had an effect on the river because it not only dried up as well as affect the fishes living conditions and is still affecting the river to this day. I think that El Nino will maybe benefit the river and help it succeed, but if it doesn’t happen then the river won’t be successful for long. This research has not affected my perspective on the topic because if the project is in a way working right now doesn’t mean it always