Maybe it's time to split up the departments? Fishing doesn't have the social issues that hunting has. Go back to a Game Commission, similar to what it once was, minus fish. Would the property stay with the game side? Would property go to DNR? or Parks? Interesting to think about. Back in the 90's I thought that combining the departments was really great because we could put steelhead into some of the salmon hatcheries that were bigger. What happened? Way back then old Game planted steelhead in every puddle or creek, it seemed, and there were steelhead everywhere. Tokul Creek had elbow to elbow crowds. I caught fish in the Tolt. When I moved to Kelso, I was in steelhead heaven. The Coweeman was a sleeper because of a holding pond. So was Grays River with another holding pond. Good by good ol' days.