Environmentalism as religion is a topic we have blogged on several times and we addressed the concept in our 2006 report (pp. 19-31); and every once in awhile the belief peeks out from its scientific cover as in this story describing salmon fish hatcheries as ‘atonement’ for dams.
Rather than ‘atoning’ for the ‘sin’ of building dams, fish hatcheries are an excellent example of human technology at work increasing the ability of the natural order to replenish itself, as human beings have been doing for millennia.
An excerpt.
“Salmon hatcheries report on their egg collection
“The Nimbus Hatchery on the American River has met its annual quota for spawning fall-run chinook salmon, collecting 6.7 million eggs from returning adult fish.
“This will allow the Department of Fish and Game to meet its target to raise and release 4 million young salmon as a regulatory atonement for the loss of natural habitat caused by dams.”
