Alaskan salmon run, a vision of wilderness we hunters and anglers hold as sacred.
Fly fishing in dirty water and breathing polluted air is not what we fought to stop
By Henry Clement
It’s hard to believe, but citizens in the United States highly value clean water and clean air. Citizen activism led to the creation of both the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. These laws have succeeded for decades and historically received bipartisan support when challenged—until now, in 2025.
Today, MAGA Republican supporters question this support as they align themselves with a shameless provocateur. As a result, polluted water and dirty air are making a comeback among these supporters.
The Clean Air Act (CAA) serves as the primary federal law aimed at reducing and controlling air pollution across the nation. Originally enacted in 1963 and significantly amended in 1970, 1977, and 1990, the CAA has established itself as a cornerstone of environmental protection.
Similarly, the Clean Water Act (CWA) is another enduring policy model. Its permitting system emphasizes technology—and water-quality-based standards, while its funding mechanisms have influenced future U.S. and global environmental laws.
NOTE: Source CAA and CWA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The CWA remains one of the most influential and successful pieces of environmental legislation, shaping policies and enhancing the quality of life for generations.
The Trump administration plans to aggressively compromise existing air and water protections, which have shown significant achievements and compliance without disrupting industry.
We need environmental protection for all living organisms. Here is why:
With an absence of reason and morality, as demonstrated by Trump, our air and water supply will be compromised to unsustainable levels because:
- Increased pollution (nutrients, chemicals, sediments) from agriculture, industry, and urban areas enters freshwater systems, kills trout and other fish, and significantly reduces or eliminates reproduction.
- Less regulation of land and water use increases habitat loss. Key threats include altered water flows (due to water extraction or damming), destruction of wetlands and riparian zones, and increased shoreline development—all of which knowingly undermine game fish development and ecosystem resilience.
- Pollution will increase the water temperature enough to promote deadly algal blooms from nutrient loading. Lakes and riverine water will become turbid, resulting in fewer or no fish.
Do we want this again? This image is available from the United States Library of Congress—photo by Alfred Palmer.
Screw those recreational anglers and commercial fishers, tourism business communities, and public lands
Be sure to vote MAGA: we need polluted water and dirty air, and inland and coastal deterioration, so that we can have more fossil fuels and FOREVER chemical splills.
Do not support environmental protections for sustaining healthy citizens, productive fisheries. Stay with your convicted felon, rapist, and pedophile.
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