Hey great but I fear its just another politician saying "why should we save habitat when.......!" Its probably a moot point at this late date the timber bill that was passed last session can't even remotley do what it was intended to do (protect riparian zones)
Close to six hundred logging permits were granted under the old rules and one hell of alot of stream side logging took place in a big rush during the time the bill was being marked up and debated. But thats all water down the ditch and the only recourse will be when the Fed under ESA comes in and puts even more outside controls on the little bit of habitat that will be left and of course call on all harvesters (including us) to give up everything. In a last ditch effort to ward off extinction.
Of course you that want to will probably be able to crowd into a combat fishing area and harvest fin clipped fish that wont bite and that point snagging will not only be legal but it will be accepted as the way of doing bussiness.
Now aint that a cheery forecast.