Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations My friend Myron

Please use any photos and anything I talked about...word for word even, I don’t care......The more people you expose, inform, shock, educate…the better chance more individuals will make some kind of connection to natural environment

Seriously, now we are really getting into some provocative content. This is an awful topic I could write about for several pages but I’ll try to limit it to a few paragraphs.



In deed, along with several other reasons, the MS River has been getting severely silt laden since we removed the natural grass cover from most of the earth’s surface in North America. And this same silt is the top soil that is loaded w/ farm chemicals. I’m a slow typist now so I won’t get into the top soil tragedy and farm chemical statistics. People are so fricken ignorant it just pains the hell out me. Tragically, in some years several hundred million dollars in real estate development is lost due to human created flooding—negative acculturations on so many levels. Well guess what? When we remove so much (over ½ the original wetlands have been drained) of natural storage mechanisms from the watersheds and stepping up the flowage rate there is going to be flooding. FOR AN ANALOGY, please visualize the drain pipes in all the units of an apt bldg. Installing field tiling in most of the farm fields in the watersheds would be similar to having all your neighboring apt units in a bldg rerouted to just your single drain pipe. Ostensibly, there would be guaranteed flooding.

(edit; poli-sci opinion deleted to remain on topic specifics)


The Dead Zone:

I can’t remember how many hundred or thousand square miles make up this hypoxic (lacking oxygen) region in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s referred to the Dead Zone because it no longer can support any living aquatic life—plants or piscatorial [I didn’t think I would ever use that weird sounding word when I learned it…LOL]. Our rivers across this country are loaded up with nitrates (from the defecation of farm animals and humans), nitrogen and several other fertilizers and all kinds of industrial waste chemicals. Nitrogen is the largest proportion of commercial fertilizer applied because it is applied the most in both urban lawns and rural farm fields because plants need this type of nutrient the most. Here’s an outrageous side note, the urban lawns across America contribute as much or more [fertilizers and herbicides) than agricultural fields and comprise a fraction of the farm field area. The Mighty MS River’s watershed includes about 40% of America’s ground surface area—isn’t that staggering. The MS watershed along w/ all the other watersheds in America has been an open toilet collection system of urban and rural industrial waste of all kinds since “development” began in agriculture and urban areas about 200 to 350+ years ago. And remember, a watershed consists of all the rain water that literally “runs off the ground surface” and doesn’t get absorbed into the soils and flows into a particular stream, creek, or river. So…via acculturation, we have been systematically polluting in numerous ways in all of the different types of eco-systems. And just a reminder, an eco-system is a collection (or community) of plants, animals, and micro-organisms inter-related by their chemical and physical properties or characteristics.



Interestingly, because early Caucasian immigrants to this country systematically obliterated the cultures of the Americans [there was about 500 different Native American groups scattered across this country before C. Columbus arrived], and their understanding and respect for animals of eco-systems, they missed out on essential knowledge until people like Leopold, Meer, Roosevelt…came along in the last 150 years. Unfortunately, these Caucasian Americans were of the extreme minority in terms of negative acculturation in relation to the environment. In recent years, “new” “environmental friendly ideologies” are micro-anthropologically catching on. These movements I’m referring to are “organic” and “holistic” farming practices. Tragically, these “neoteric” movements were already being carried out (practiced) for thousands of years here. Hence, the reasons I described and the adjectives I used in an earlier email may sound peculiar or extreme to some people. But then again, to most people, anything “new” or a change or difference in customs is often perceived as uncomfortable or odd. Most people living in America don’t know these tragedies I’m talking about due to propaganda, widespread ignorance, and a disconnection to the earth. I’m sorry, but I’m right. I don’t believe a have a problem with being right. I do have an innate habit of being righteous and veracious.



On a side note, I was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Extremely briefly, AS is described as neural atypical and having deficiencies in verbal and non-verbal communication or cues. AS is on the Autism Spectrum--meaning there are less severe [referred to as higher functioning individuals] to more severe [lower functioning individuals] symptoms. It’s not uncommon for individuals w/ ADD to be more honest than the general population. And individuals with AS tend to be able to be able to perceive from an animals perspective more than the general neural typical population. For example, a lady named Temple Grandin has AS and has designed roughly ½ the animal holding facilities (stock yards and meat processing facilities) across America. People w/ AS are typically visual thinkers vs. verbal. However, in my case I’m fortunate to be both, as least, I believe I am.



Please use any photos and anything I talked about...word for word even, I don’t care. Although, please limit my personal data. However, do share info about ADD & AS from a generic sense if the opportunity presents itself. If you would like more photos of the reconstructed prairie, reforestation project, or nest boxes just request it. The more people you expose, inform, shock, educate…the better chance more individuals will make some kind of connection to natural environment.