Poisoning of the Charles River to Intensify on August 18, 2022
1. Introduction.
2. Translation.
3. Past “Treatment” of “Invasive” Species.
4. What has been done to prevent future poisoning?
A. Charles River Poisoner funded to manage destruction of MicroCenter Grove.
B. Charles River Poisoner to be the SOLE PUBLIC REVIEWER of Plans to Destroy the Wild Area.
5. From Phil.
1. Introduction.
On August 16, 2022, as part of an email list I am on, I received the following notice:
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DCR Recreational Advisory: The Charles River
WHAT:
On Thursday, August 18, 2022,
the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will conduct invasive aquatic species control work in the Charles River from the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in the City of Newton to the Museum of Science in the City of Boston.
The Charles River will remain open to the public;
however, DCR encourages those on the river that day to avoid the treatment area and the treatment vessels. If left unmanaged, invasive aquatic species will outcompete native plant species and inhibit water flow and recreational access.
Alternative local state parks include Mystic River Reservation in the City of Medford, Beaver Brook Reservation in the Town of Belmont, and Middlesex Fells Reservation in the Town of Stoneham.
WHERE:
The Charles River from the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in the City of Newton to the Museum of Science in the City of Boston
WHEN:
Thursday, August 18, 2022
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2. Translation.
“Treatment” as part of “invasive aquatic species control work” seems to translate as poisoning.
I used to be on the mailing list for meetings of the Cambridge Conservation Commission. I had the nerve to quote occurrences in those meetings to prove the environmental destructiveness of the City of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
I am no longer on that mailing list. I have complained to the list manager, the city council and the acting city manager (who in his regular life supervises this department).
I hope I will be returned to the mailing list.
3. Past “Treatment” of “Invasive” Species.
People I know get highly frustrated at this term. It seems to be a sales pitch by which contractors falsely yell at the UNPAID FOR COMPETITION.
The biggest problem with the stuff is that SOMEBODY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT. IT HAS NO VALUE BY THE ONLY CONSIDERATION CONTRACTORS VALUE: MONEY.
Not that long ago, the DCR was complaining about an algae infestation in the Charles River.
A woman NOW USED AS CONTRACTOR BY THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL received DCR and Trump money to respond.
Here is the technique used to “manage invasive species” at Magazine Beach on the Charles:
She dug up natural cattails in a drainage system artificially created to drain off poisons INTRODUCED BY THE DCR AND THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL, put them in bags and the department headed by the acting city manager picked up the bags.
Here is a photo of the pick up.
Here is the treatment.
The DCR through the Charles River Poisoner dug up the cattails in the drainage ditch and installed plastic, preventing drainage.
The following May this algae pond appeared just to the east of the blocked drainage (left in the picture). The blue in the above picture between the plastic and the building in the background is the Charles River.” Photo: Phil Barber
The following September, algae growth “appeared” off Magazine Beach in the Charles River, photos Phil Barber:
The following spring, the DCR / friends reported the Algae blume had taken over the widest part of the Charles River.
4. What has been done to prevent future poisoning?
A. Charles River Poisoner funded to manage destruction of MicroCenter Grove.
The Cambridge City Council has funded the hiring of the Charles River Poisoner for “environmental” work on destroying the MicroCenter Grove on Memorial Drive.
B. Charles River Poisoner to be the SOLE PUBLIC REVIEWER of Plans to Destroy the Wild Area.
The DCR has announced its “Phase III plans” for work on Memorial Drive.
Our video memorialized the Phase between the BU and Longfellow Bridge. It may be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTplCCEJP7o.
Phase III was defined as running no further east than the BU Bridge Circle. The BU Bridge Circle is at the northern end of the BU Bridge. The fraudulent definition of the BU Bridge Circle runs work up to and including the magnificent Wild Area.
After a bunch of maneuvers, after prodding by a City Council Aid, the DCR agreed to proceed with its “Phase III” work EAST of the next bridge to the WEST.
Public review of the plans will be prohibited except by the Charles River poisoner and a small number of her friends.
So public review of the plans TO DESTROY THE WILD AREA will be restricted to the Charles River Poisoner. Another achievement of hers was assistance to the DCR and Cambridge through Company Union tactics in the destruction memorialized in my video.
Here is a photo of the area NOW UNDER ATTACK WITH NO PUBLIC REVIEW EXCEPT BY THE CHARLES RIVER POISONER. WITH REVIEW RESTRICTED TO HER AFTER ENCOURAGEMENT BY A CITY COUNCIL AID.
Here are the DCR’s last plans for the Wild Area:
The lines running from the bottom to the top are the Grand Junction (showing in the photo). The lines at the top are Memorial Drive. Between the two is the wild area. EXACTLY ONE TREE SHOWS ON THESE PLANS, ONE TREE NOT DESTROYED. The rest simply do not appear in the plans.
These are plans which will be kept SECRET as part of “PUBLIC INPUT.”
5. From Phil.
Bloody hell what a bunch of idiots, create a problem then use expensive and dangerous remedies to "fix" it.
I found this online about techniques etc. They seem to want to blame boaters for such infestations! https://www.mass.gov/doc/managing-aquatic-invasive-plants/download.
