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Re: POLL :Setting up a Bank Account and PayPal account to help save the Calfkiller and Tellico gauges ditchbitch New
Re: i appreciate what you're doing, though i don't live around there, but... cdd New
Date: Oct 01 2008, 15:32 GMT
From: rangerrob

	Just ask anyone who has tried to do river correlations. You have to pester people just to get information. Even your best buddy won't call you with a river level. The only dependable way to get timely info is to save the USGS gages. As far as the USGS seeing a single user group as a source of funds, I doubt that would happen. They know, as well as you, that there is no way a small group of individuals can scrape up enough money to save a gage (and USGS jobs) every year. Less gages = less jobs at the USGS. I'm sure the USGS is concerned about funding cuts. Maybe the boating community can buy a little time til we find a long term financial partner. I don't see private donations leading to the slippery slope of 100% private funding of the USGS or any government system for that matter. But then again, I could be wrong. I've been wrong before. Just ask my wife. -- Rob

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i get regular stream level and rain totals from friends by phone.... cdd New

<ignores cdd and post anyway> Here is the latest from USGS ditchbitch New

hope you succeed, i appreciate how important gauges are. cdd New

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i only troll when i fish, and i use dark lures when the water's murky... cdd New

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