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(Credit: Gasland)
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Before we begin to grasp the impacts of Fracking on fish, let's take a quick look at an energy boom that swept the continent and world more than a century ago that presented similar challenges.
Like a scene in a cheesy 80's movie, my family pushed south on Interstate 5 on our annual journey through California's Central Valley in the family station wagon on a sizzling hot summer day. As I peeled my sweat soaked skin from the fake leather bench seat, my parents announced we were taking a detour to visit the Iron Zoo. I was crazy about animals, and anticipation of the zoo was probably the only feeling of excitement I ever experienced on what I consider the most boring stretch of road in America.
