--- Heather.ELKINS@cec.eu.int wrote: 
> From: Heather.ELKINS@cec.eu.int
> To: wamburaj@yahoo.com, Itaisha1@yahoo.com
> Subject: Lake Jipe
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:20:38 +0100 
> 
> Dear John, Itai 
> 
> Further to your interest in Lake Jipe, I have just
> been informed that the
> 5km channel being dug back through the swamp to open
> up the access to the
> River Lumi has been just about completed, the water
> is now flowing back into
> Lake Jipe and the water levels are rising.      
> Apparently there is fish in
> plenty.   It would be interesting to see the
> response amongst the bird
> population.   When I was there in September, the
> lake was 3/4  dry, the odd
> Jacana were picking their way through the mud and
> silt, lots of yellow bill
> stork and some pelicans but not a sign of a pygmy
> goose.   Fishing
> activities were at rock bottom, tiny specimans were
> being netted, the water
> quality for drinking was appalling, it was taking 5
> hours for a canoe crew
> to negotiate their way across the lake through the
> various channels (usually
> takes 1 hour), animals were getting stuck in the mud
> along the shore and
> people were terrified of the elephants which were
> coming out of the park
> regularly.
> 
> If anyone has a chance to go down there and assess
> the situation, I would be
> interested in their report as I don't think I will
> be able to get for a
> while.
>     
> 
> Heather Elkins
> Social Development & Environment 
> Delegation of the European Commission in The
> Republic of Kenya
> (254) 020-271 30 20 
> (254) 020-271 19 54
> Heather.Elkins@cec.eu.int
> P.O. Box 45119, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
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