Dan, Dan, Dan, oh my...there you go again (to quote President Reagan, for whom I voted twice). So much misinformation. You probably do believe the crap you're spouting, though. You seem sincere but simple-minded. If other states have outright bans or moratoriums on suction dredging, then dredging is more tightly regulated than it is in Washington, okay? And if an HPA permits a dredger to work a stream outside the work windows specified in the Fish and Gold pamphlet, I think it's fair to say he's vacuumed up some fish eggs. And it's wonderful that your applications for HPAs have required you to fill out some forms and you've chatted with a concerned biologist or two, but how many of the 1,019 HPAs issued by the WDFW from 2009 to September 2013 have gotten any serious attention before being issued? How many of those "exception" projects have been monitored for compliance with the terms of the HPA? Damn few.

Go to bed now. It's getting late. Take your blood pressure pill with a soothing glass of warm milk.