I'm not sure what is "sad". Is it that the Kenai River is being polluted with 600 gallons of fuel in July each year, or that it was designated as 'impaired' under the Clean Water Act. Or both.

The fact that the Kenai River has experienced alot of motorized recreation each summer is certainly not new; nor is it surprising the river may be suffering because of it. Perhaps some Alaskans are beginning to realize that their corner of the world isn't much different than the rest of the Pacific Northwest, as Carver correctly points out. That indeed is a sad commentary on what can happen to a river when is fully exploited by a user group; in this case, recreational anglers (like me).

Fortunately, the solution is easy. Ban motorized boats on the Kenai. Go to a DB fishery only. The problem isn't the boats or the anglers or the catch rates. It's the motors. Just think what the Kenai River would be like without all those sleds.......