eel ladder instalation

A near perfect weekend in the shen valley ,3 days off all with perfect weather it doesn't get much better than that for me. Conditions in "The Canoe Capital of Va." {as they proudly call Front Royal} were a little sketchy for tourists with a float trip or fishing in mind. A well kept secret was released friday when the local power company announced the closing of 2 dams upstream the closings occurred 2 weeks ago and the water level is so low you can walk across the river without getting your knees wet. I guess eveyone wanted to know what happened so they came clean and announced their cooperation with federal wildlife managment agencies to install eel ladders on some lower dams. It seems eels are like salmon but in reverse they make a one time migration downstream to spawn. Because of a decline in the population they felt obligated to help them out. Explain that to some poor sucker that just dragger his canoe 13 miles over slippery rocks barefoot. Of course there is still some deep areas where the weary can get in a few strokes. Im sure the words "remember all rental agreements are final" were used frequently at the local canoe companies.