{"id":4990,"date":"2012-06-26T11:18:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T18:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2018-05-14T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:31:28","slug":"merced-river-threatened-by-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/merced-river-threatened-by-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Merced River Threatened by Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Merced_with_save.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4991 alignleft\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Merced_with_save-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Merced_with_save-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Merced_with_save.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>We don&#8217;t typically get too political here at AO, but when it comes to the rivers we raft, watch out for the Mama Grizzly in us to make an appearence!\u00a0 The deal right now is that the Merced River&#8211;which has been designated a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivers.gov\/rivers\/\">Wild and Scenic River<\/a> and is therefore supposed to be protected long-term from development\/meddling&#8211;is under attack.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What Congress wants to do is raise the water level in Lake McClure.\u00a0 The problem is that by doing that, several miles of the protected section of the Merced River will get buried and drowned.\u00a0 We realize we have water management issues in California, but the problem here is that such an action renders the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivers.gov\/rivers\/wsr-act.php\">Wild and Scenic protection<\/a> currently enjoyed by the Merced&#8211;and other rivers like the Tuolumne&#8211;meaningless.\u00a0 This is legislation that has been around since 1968 and we&#8217;re afraid that if the Merced takes a hit it will set a serious and dangerous precident.\u00a0 The House has already approved this action.\u00a0 The Senate is next.\u00a0 If you care about this issue an easy thing for you to do is write to or call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feinstein.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/contact\">Dianne Fienstein<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/boxer.senate.gov\/en\/contact\/\">Barbara Boxer <\/a>and let them know you disapprove of gutting Wild and Scenic protection for California&#8211;or any American&#8211;rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about this issue before you act?\u00a0 Good call.\u00a0 Start here, and read the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/2012\/06\/19\/2880002\/house-votes-to-boost-merced-river.html\"> Fresno Bee article<\/a> on the matter.\u00a0 Or, go the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivers.gov\/rivers\/index.php\">governement website<\/a> detailing the Wild and\u00a0Scenic Act. \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.friendsoftheriver.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=merced\">Friends of the River<\/a> also has lots of information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t typically get too political here at AO, but when it comes to the rivers we raft, watch out for the Mama Grizzly in us to make an appearence!\u00a0 The deal right now is that the Merced River&#8211;which has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,30,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-rivers","category-merced-river","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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