Thanks Ramon for a concise report. This issue will no doubt get much attention. I appreciate your restraint from simply using this as a Bush bashing exercise like most have done. You obviously have a more fact based grasp of the issue. I think it is worthwhile to point out that it was the PLF who filed suit and won in the courts. The ninth circuit is not exactly a Bush mouthpiece and that court upheld the ruling. The ruling purports to have been made on science so it would be most helpful to address that science which obvioulsy is at odds with what most of us see as the the real problems causing declines in wild salmon and steelhead. I think it is also a good idea for those of us who value wild fish survival to accept the fact that the "other side" is not made up of whacko fools who have no place at the table. The farmers , loggers et al are citizens with concerns that must be atleast considered even if we only see things in black and white terms of saving the wild fish at all costs. They do not. We cannot simply dismiss them as evil.

Perhaps the money spent on fish recovery in this region has been largely wasted as well, furthering the argument of the "other side".

I'm not ready to jump on the WT or TU bandwagon but not ready to accept the "other side" either. Keep us informed Ramon if you will as to the science behind what is right from your viewpoint.