....What he said......
Mac- I think the point is that this issue is a lot bigger than indians netting the hell out of runs, and continued commercial fishing that makes little economic sense. Don't get me wrong, I agree with you. But, removing the lower four dams on the Columbia would;
Turn most of Portland into a swamp EVERY year for a couple of months during spring runoff(kinda cool to drive down and look at, but probably not appreciated by those who live and work there)
Rid BPA of the four workhorses that provide most of the cheap electricity we all use every second of our lives(maybe those of us that love anadromous fish could live with, but most people find this unacceptable)
Destroy the two highways and two rail lines that follow the banks of the river because they would collapse into the new canyon created by the significant lowering of the water level(again, cool to look at, but in reality businesses and people across this country count on goods that are transported on these highways and rail lines..PLUS: It would be a lot longer drive to see downtown Portland flooded )
End shipping traffic into the Portland area, again a huge economic loss

Sooooooo many things are entangled in the salmon mess that is the Columbia-Snake watershed, many people would rather sacrifice the fish than the rest of it. I for one, will continue to enjoy it while it lasts, but I do believe the days are limited. And when they close it all down to fishing, forever, I will travel to Forks every weekend until our politicians and big business(and indians) can destroy those runs as well, in the name of the 'good' of the people. When that happens, I will follow Bob to the great north(nets in the Kenai???) until those fisheries expire. And then, onto Russia, until myself and several other thousand smucks who live in cardboard boxes and eat cup o' noodle three times a day, everyday so we can afford the trip, overfish their streams into extinction because they let us. THEN, I will join BASSMASTERS, because the Columbia will be bubbling with smallmouth by then.......