Well B RUN, you already agreed with me that your theory has a huge hole in it because you can't explain the Grande Ronde. Obviously, THEY don't have a problem getting to the ocean and back. If you are so concerned about fish getting back to Idaho, why isn't there an uproar over there about the Hells Canyon and Brownlee dams needing to be torn down??? The contracts to build both of those dams clearly stated that fish ladders were to be built, and they weren't. So the good government of Idaho let hundreds of miles of steelhead and salmon river be permanently blocked to the fish, but now Washington needs to tear their dams out because that will fix everything. RIGHT!!!
So the next time you want to tell me that Washington OWES it to Idaho to tear out dams to save Idaho's fish, I'm assuming you'll be sending a petition for me to sign supporting the building of fish ladders over Idaho's dams on the Snake. --Now, another note. When the Feds listed the bald eagle as an endangered species, did they still allow a limited hunting season for them? How about sea lions? Was there a certain number of them allowed to be harvested after they were listed? Then why in the hell does the NMFS say that there is a certain number of allowable Snake River salmon that are allowed to be harvested by both the commercials and the indians? Think about it.........