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Cannabis Cultivation and its Impact on California Watersheds - Environmental Engineer - Bryan McFadin
Cannabis Cultivation and its Impact on California Watersheds - Environmental Engineer - Bryan McFadin
Season 2Ep 35Published 3/13/2018

Cannabis Cultivation and its Impact on California Watersheds - Environmental Engineer - Bryan McFadin

Bryan McFadin has worked for the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board as an Engineer for over two decades. Bryan draws from his years of experience to discuss the implications of legal and illegal marijuana farms on watersheds. Hear about Bryan’s Role at the Water Quality Control Board and the impacts of siphoning water in the Trinity River and Eel River Watersheds.

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Bryan McFadin has worked for the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board as an Engineer for over two decades. Bryan draws from his years of experience to discuss the implications of legal and illegal marijuana farms on watersheds. Hear about Bryan’s Role at the Water Quality Control Board and the impacts of siphoning water in the Trinity River and Eel River Watersheds.

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Bryan McFadin

Bryan McFadin is an engineer for the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. He at first studied environmental engineering at Humboldt State University, and now works to determine where water is being used in different watersheds.

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Chad Alderson is the creator and producer of The Barbless Podcast, a Northern California show focused on fishing, conservation, and science. He’s chased stripers on the Sac River and Delta, trout on the McCloud and Lake Almanor, and carp through the canals of Scottsdale and most of California’s tributaries. His goal: help anglers “Know Better, Fish Better.”

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Nick Hanna

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Chico, Ca.

Nick hosted the The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast with co-host Chad Alderson from 2016 to 2020. Considered by many to be one of Northern California’s most elite anglers, Nick is an expert fly fisherman.

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