Talk:Merced River

message: How long is the Merced River? --
This question first mentioned as User:84.138.120.30 on 20 Nov. 2005 (UTC)
 --84.138.110.170 07:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The main branch is 180 km (112 mi) long. Source: , there are other branches. You probably could have dug this up yourself, it took me all of 45 seconds. I can add it to the article, or whoever. IvoShandor 14:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added. IvoShandor 14:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length  

message: Beyond a stub. to become a "B" article it needs expansion especially in ecology and management need more sourcing and images. Anlace 02:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial assessment

message: === Fish spawning===
The Merced Irrigation District is responsible for controlling water flow-rates in the river.  Its original purposes in doing this were to divert irrigation water, let utilities generate hydro-electric power, and control flooding.  Along with these water rights, the MID now has a responsibility to encourage fish spawning.  It does this by maintaining water flow-rates in the river during particular seasons of the year, and by "improving" the river.  MID receives state funds to pay for the fish projects.  The current sources for this are personal communications from my father, when he worked at the MID regulating the water flow-rates in the river.  It would be nice to be able to "upgrade" this citation.  Some possible sources:  MID board meeting minutes, MID official publications, State of California publications describing its fish spawning projects, press releases or magazines by irrigation district trade organizations, terms of the MID's licenses to operate its dams, newspaper articles (if any) in the Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star, and/or San Francisco Chronicle.   -- Jasper 17:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Irrigation and fish

message: The Merced Irrigation District is responsible for controlling water flow-rates in the river.  Its original purposes in doing this were to divert irrigation water, let utilities generate hydro-electric power, and control flooding.  Along with these water rights, the MID now has a responsibility to encourage fish spawning.  It does this by maintaining water flow-rates in the river during particular seasons of the year, and by "improving" the river.  MID receives state funds to pay for the fish projects.  The current sources for this are personal communications from my father, when he worked at the MID regulating the water flow-rates in the river.  It would be nice to be able to "upgrade" this citation.  Some possible sources:  MID board meeting minutes, MID official publications, State of California publications describing its fish spawning projects, press releases or magazines by irrigation district trade organizations, terms of the MID's licenses to operate its dams, newspaper articles (if any) in the Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star, and/or San Francisco Chronicle.   -- Jasper 17:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fish spawning

message: An interesting question -- what measures does the MID have in place to prevent its algae-killing chemicals from entering the Merced River?  During the 1980's and 1990's, the MID occasionally (as in once to a few times per year) used copper-containing chemicals to kill algae in some canals that drain to the Merced River.  Although the MID scheduled these algae-killing actions at times when all of the water in the affected canals was scheduled to be used by farmers (instead of continuing into the river), it is possible that some fish were killed (either in fish farms or in the river).  Again, my source is personal communications from my father when he worked as a ditchtender.  He often needed to drag algae out of canals in the middle of the night, so he occasionally requested that algae control measures be taken. -- Jasper 17:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Algae control in canals

message: There are a few fish farms in the Merced River watershed, both along the river, and along Merced Irrigation District canals.  Here are the water discharge requirements for one farm four miles east of Snelling:
* Order No. R5-2004-0119 
-- Jasper 19:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fish farms

message: I've passed this article straight off the bat. It's detailed, very well-written, and in compliance with all relevant policies. Congratulations to all who worked on it. Rebecca (talk) 08:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: GA status

message: The "Geology" section includes the following statement:
"When the North American Plate on its slow journey westwards encountered the Pacific Plate approximately 250 million years ago during the Paleozoic, the latter began to subduct under the North American continent."
This sentence has a significant omission.  Today's Pacific Plate is not the same as the Pacific Plate of 100 million years ago, let alone 250 million years ago.  The Juan De Fuca Plate is a remnant of the previous Pacific Plate. -- Jasper (talk) 07:16, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geological History 

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