P.S. Dredgemasterdan...sorry, Fishmasterdan: Why in the world would you want to dredge rivers with endangered runs of wild steelhead and salmon to begin with? If you were denied HPAs on the Stilly, Nooksack, and Skagit, then I'm glad, but you never should have had the opportunity to apply at all. Why should miners be able to line their pockets with gold by strip-mining streams that belong to everybody? I don't want my fishing opportunities to suffer from mistakes, carelessness, or disregard of the rules made by miners trying to find their big score. It's that simple.