Compared to historic populations, we are officially playing with our food.
For twenty years the feds have spent the bulk of the recovery dollar trying to figure out how to get fish around dams.
In your opinion, how has that plan worked out for the ESA listed species?
Our government has spent in excess of a billion dollars in the name of CR ESA species recovery.
Arguably the best recovery action thus far has been the spring spill regimen, and that was only because some of the groups that didn't work out for poor AuntyM, sued and won in court to actually make it happen.
When the feds are spending recovery dollars to pay a bounty on Northern Pike Minnows, it might be time to reevaluate our master recovery plan.