KITCHENER "...TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC" ENVIRONMENTALLY

The front page of the K-W Record, earlier this week, had both a color picture and an article about the claenup ongoing in Victoria Park. While I applaud the cleanup it is oh so familiar in that toxic sediments including heavy metals will be removed while the upstream sources are left untouched. Once again public funds are being used to clean up industrial pollution. That being said apparently there is also a large environmental impact courtesy of invasive species. These species are believe it or not, carp and goldfish. Both while ubiquitous to Canada nevertheless are not native species. Who would have thought it? This article advises "These invasive species actually ruin the habitat by eating just about everything, stirring up sediment and uprooting aquatic plants. The water becomes murky and sunlight can't penetrate." . All these decades I always thought of carp and suckers as more of a symptom of water pollution then a cause. They have a much greater ability to tolerate dirty water than other species such as trout in particular.