Well put, as usual, Salmo G. If we have learned nothing else we have learned that mother nature is mysterious and we don't have more than a rudimentary understanding of how she works. Whether it be man made wetlands to mitigate for wetlands destroyed by housing and/or commercial development, or man made fish (hatchery stock)to mitigate for destroyed native runs, man does not do a better job than nature. We have a better shot of understanding what the carrying capacity of a stream system is, I still think what goes on in the ocean habitat is a real mystery. It also has cycles that we are just beginning to understand. We, as committed stewards of the resource that we love to catch, must work on those things that we have control of. First and foremost, statewide release of all native steelhead! If we can get that instituted, then we occupy a moral high ground that may allow us to address tribal netting, environmental/habitat issues, and commercial netting of salmon. Until then, we are just another complaining user group wanting "our share". I know this rant is somewhat off topic - however, the one thing that nature teaches us is that nothing we do to the resource exists in a vacuum. Every action we take will have a corresponding reaction in the ecosystem and in the political system. Thanks for listening.

[This message has been edited by eddie (edited 03-21-2001).]