Bill McEwen in the article, ”River Plan Too Fishy for My Taste Buds,” points out that those who are all for the restoration plan really should not be celebrating. Why right? McEwen supports his position by pointing out two big problems with this plan, one is putting salmon back in the river and the second is, there is no funding for the dams or river recirculation. The authors purpose is to expose the flawed restoration plan and to do that he clearly states that experts at UC Davis, who study California’s rapidly declining salmon population, prove that salmon need to be in clear, cool, and highly oxygenated water to thrive. The river has not been in the conditions since the 1940’s. The author writes in an informative tone for both those for
