Dave..Grandpa won't take the bait on this one. In a previous thread I covered this issue when Bush himself was out here pledging to never breach the dams and bragging about the improvements to salmon runs. I said that the Bush Administration and the president himself are not responsible for the recent successes in NW fisheries anymore than they are resposible for the declines. Just think about how small of a blip on the radar screens we are here. The dams are advocated by big businesses and the fish are advocated by little people like us. I suspect that if the Bush administration had allocated 50 million for our fisheries enhancemnent programs there would be just as big a cadre of nay sayers.

There are plenty of politicians here in Washington on both sides of the aisle that can do us alot more good than the president. We need to plead our cases to them and educate them. We need to call them on their gaffs...

All politicians like to get their pictures taken and take credit for anything that any voter is for. Like kissing babies. I know we all get mailers from our notorious politicians pointing out all the good things going on in your districts. They ALWAYS have their picture on these flyers...usually taking credit for something they really did not do. Ceertainly not by themselves. The little people make things happen over time but the big money (commercial fishing) (tribes) get the attention of the policy makers. We can change that by identifying the real casues and effect of things and pointing out the facts in a non political manner. We are starting to gain momentum doing just that.

No need to waste good foil in this one.