And Homeland Security too. Here's a picture of me and 5 or so of the cops.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is in that building.
Paper mill workers gave me what they said were pictures of endangered, dead smelt inside of a paper mill water pipe, thusly:
I blew up one of those pics for my dead fish poster, with some narrative.
I hope to write more about smelt, and petitioning the government, soon.
9:07 AM PT: Here are more details. The Columbia River smelt (Eulachon, also known as candlefish, or hooligan) were listed as an endangered species in 2010 because their return spawning runs were shrinking. They swim from the ocean, up the Columbia River to spawn in the Cowlitz River in Longview Washington.
The Kapstone (formerly Longview Fibre) paper mill in Longview pumps 40 million gallons of water a day from the Columbia, right from the former mouth of the Cowlitz, trapping and killing many smelt, according to the mill workers.
Kapstone's proposed renewal of its water pollution (NPDES) permit does not prohibit this "taking," to which I object, and I sought to alert and enlist EPA's aid in this manner.
The public hearing on this permit is on August 24 in Longview.