Language and semantics

Those who support the use of rotenone in the lake use terms like "treating" the lake and "rehabilitating" it, whereas those who are opposed use the word "poisoning" the lake.

Perspective influences our terminology and language. Same process, but depending on the words we use to describe it, very different feelings are conveyed.

Yesterday I learned more about all the buoys being set in the lake. They contain net cages placed at different depths in which perch and bass are contained. These nets full of fish help the biologists determine how deep the rotenone needs to go into the lake. The stratification of the lake layers, and the fact these layers don't mix, has been a concern all along. If the nets are placed quite deep and all the fish die because of lack of oxygen at that depth, that gives the biologists information which will influence how the rotenone is dispersed into the lake water. The nets are also used to help monitor the effectiveness of the rotenone once it's in the lake.

Well, one more day to go. By this time tomorrow we will start to see the results of the rotenone.