Dave You fish on public owned land using a public resource. With a license that allows it. Just as an oil company would have to have a licsense to drill on public land. You talk like they just drive in the dozers and do what they want. I cannot think of many industries that are more heavily regulated than mining and oil drilling. I cannot think of areas that are more heavily regulated than public lands or more cloesly watched by environmental groups. If a timber ,oil,gas or mining company farts in the woods it's on the nightly news in Seattle and Portland.

Your Dodge has more impact on the decison to drill in wilderness areas than any other decision you can make. So don't blame the govt. for your vote to use more oil.