11-12-2010, 11:31 PM
In my opinion the F&G guys are in a very unenviable position. It is the same whenever you deal with government regulations and the public. Every move they make has to be very carefully mapped out and approved first. They are literally swamped with paper work and studies that have to be done. They have to prioitize and make a lot of compromises, but I don't think any of them are in it for the pay check. They love the outdoors and want to make a difference. They get paid a "welfare" wage!
They are not going to "officially" recognize a lot of things that they know for fact. Their priorities are pretty much forced on them. You can read the Fisheries Management Plan for the state; it is in force until 2012.
The hoops they are jumping through with the cutthroat are for us. It keeps them from being listed as endangered. The reason they aren't listed now is because of all of the pro-active work that they and forest service are doing to improve the situation.
The minute cutts are listed, our rights to fish or use much of our public lands (and private) will be in non-local hands, and the feds will call the shots. Our local wants won't matter anymore. That would affect most of southeastern Idaho. Then non-native fish that are perceived as threats to cutts might be removed from all of the reservoirs in those drainages. (Personally I don't even think that is possible!)
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They are not going to "officially" recognize a lot of things that they know for fact. Their priorities are pretty much forced on them. You can read the Fisheries Management Plan for the state; it is in force until 2012.
The hoops they are jumping through with the cutthroat are for us. It keeps them from being listed as endangered. The reason they aren't listed now is because of all of the pro-active work that they and forest service are doing to improve the situation.
The minute cutts are listed, our rights to fish or use much of our public lands (and private) will be in non-local hands, and the feds will call the shots. Our local wants won't matter anymore. That would affect most of southeastern Idaho. Then non-native fish that are perceived as threats to cutts might be removed from all of the reservoirs in those drainages. (Personally I don't even think that is possible!)
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