Curt,
I read in your previous post about taking your dollars elsewhere.
I get that, but even as a retired person it isn't likely you can spend all of your fishing time in Montana or BC.
My question was more about what are folks going to do to fill the void locally?
Are they going to fish somewhere else locally or sit on the sidelines.

While you can't fish the Skagit and Stilly for your beloved cutthroat, it isn't as if MA's 8.1 or 8.2 are closed to fishing for gamefish. There are some nice fish around out there right now.
I know the gamefish closures are a [Bleeeeep!] deal. I felt the same about what happened last year in the salt after fishing the sound for 50+ years.
I personally don't think things will get any better for either of those rivers until at least 2019, based on what happened with the 2015 salmon returns.

Personally I'm going to keep fishing locally regardless, even if my favorite fisheries are shut down. It might not be exactly what I want to fish for or where I want to fish, but I'll be fishing.
SF