BB-- You're right-- I'd forgotten how little $250K buys in the way of a house-- especially in your neck of the woods. Why I remember when--ooops, starting to sound like Granpa there..

Dave-- I concur that fish don't care whether you're Republican or Democrat. I also think we must hold politicians' feet to the fire on fisheries issues and environmental issues. However, there is a lot of mis-information floating around, some of which is supported by folks whose real agenda seems to be to lock things up as a way of "saving" them (and some undoubtedly from folks who would like unfettered access).

Sometimes locking up resources (fish, timber, wilderness or what have you) is a good idea, and sometimes it does more harm than good. Each case or each issue needs to be looked at without partisan spin from one side or the other--end of rant.

I still have yet to check into the RFA, but that is on my short list. A strong bipartisan organization can do wonders for sportfishing and fish restoration in the Northwest. We only have to look at the Coastal Conservation Association in the Gulf of Mexico and what they accomplished with the inshore netting ban or the UAC/UASC successful efforts to stop bottom trawling in California as good examples.

My $.02,

Keith