The latest and greatest from Range Control and the Military Police is that the Recreational Use Permit is required on the dashboard and/or on the windshield of all vehicles parked on Fort Lewis property. This includes all vehicles; those with and those without base decals. Reasoning given is due to the increased security measures being employed on the military post. As per Military Police this is a change in policy since 9/11 where, in the past, vehicles with valid base decals did not require the use permits, but do now. Here's the kicker for those who park off Fort Lewis property (along the roadway) and walk onto Fort Lewis property to fish: Range Control will issue, at the same time as the vehicle pass, an Area Access Card to be kept with you at all times while fishing on Fort Lewis property. When the Military Police, who have been employing increased security measures throughout the post and all along the river, ask for your access card, this is what they are looking for, along with your fishing license. And, FJ, you are right, this 'green area' on the Fort Lewis Installation Map runs on the east side of the river from the I-5 bridge all the way up to the Tank Crossing Bridge (the furthest point upstream where salmon can legally be caught) and back downstream on the west side of the river to the nisqually tribe reservation boundary. Let's all get our vehicle pass and access cards now so we can, as Big Jim has mentioned, have another get-together on the river, drink some beer and tell those lies that many of us are so good at!!! Keep those new lines tight.....Tom