Slippery Foot,
Right on!
Yes the future is in the combined strength of the Native Americans, Commercials and the sportsmen. As you said The problem is not the lower ranks of F&G but admin policy dictaded by outside powers.
With unity there is strength and though we differ on why we want wild fish in the river all three groups want the fish to return. If we can help each other out Native Americans, Commercials and sportsmen then we can go on to changing bad policies that are the main reason are fish are dying off.
It is good to see that many of us are over the 696 defeat and realize that what we once thought were enemy can be and should be our partners in saving wild fish.