Talk:Yakima River

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Why is there a photo of an irrigation ditch in the Yakima River article? I think that no photo is better than an misleading photo. Cacophony 00:16, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

Two reasons: 1. this article doubles as an article about the Yakima River Valley, and 2. It was placed there by someone who thought it was the Yakima River. I didn't delete it at the time, because having a picture from the Yakima Valley is useful -- RobLa 06:44, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding citations needed for Yakima River pollution

I am sorry if I'm doing this wrong. I'm a newbee. I tried to follow the directions, but I didn't really get it. I was looking for directions on how to "post" to this talk page. "Posting" is what most people call it.

Anyway here are my comments about Yakima River: 1. There are some Tri-City Herald articles from 10 years ago who you could quote. a. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/1997news/97-143.html b. http://archive.tri-cityherald.com/yakima/day1/story3.html c. http://archive.tri-cityherald.com/yakima/day2/story1.html

2. BUT, that was 10 years ago and may no longer be relevant or if used should be noted as being 10 years old. A lot of it looked like a bunch of hype to get people frightened about the extent of the pollution. No doubt there is pollution but the articles focus more on public opinion and hearsay rather than on fact. I'd be very interested to know how much has changed in the last 10 years. Zyzyxs (talk) 17:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)