Neanderthal:

I hear ya man! But, I am one of those "pro-active" people who goes nuts sitting around waiting for others to take positive action. I've been raised and live my life with the "If you want something done, you have to do it yourself" attitude and this issue is no different.

The numbers you talk about are mind boggling and it would seem us lowly sportfishers shouldn't have to be burdened with "another f#**!^% fee" But look at how beuracracy works, and has worked in the past. There may be money but the money you and I need for WDFW to do it's thing gets filtered out, bogged down in studies, indecision on how to proceed and just good old politics making a difficult situation worse.

You ask whether a measly $1 tax will make a difference compared to the numbers you present? It just might when you consider alot of your money gets gobbled up in salaries, studies, dam issues, studies, and finally more studies. I guess I am looking at this tax as a state tax that would circumvent all the federal red tape and that would be used predominantly to save and enhance fisheries that we have come to know and love. Fisheries that we are seeing be eliminated or sharply reduced(we all know a few) because WDFW cries "there are no funds available".

Again, it just seems like a realistic, relatively simple fix to their hatchery funding/research projects. I think it could work!