If you give them water they will grow, and that is why government policy in a lot of places appears to work against people. Its kinda like parking spots in a lot of cities, people want more but gov gives less because they know more spaces equal more cars and the same problem comes back around. Im not defending gov but they are very forward thinking in a lot of places and water rights is one of the few powers they can use to actually curtail massive and expensive problems that come from letting the public build wherever and live however they want. I wish freedom were still the answer but we are reaching a point where people are the problem and so is freedom in its purest sense.

Older ways of life will change and may become unsustainable. It is sad but all things change and eventually end including the ways of making a living. I still think it is pretty telling that commercial fishing and ranching hold a special place in peoples hearts and these lifesyles get special treatment while something like manufacturing is just accepted as being unstable and nobody cares. It just ideaology and nostalgia, its not prudent, and thats the real problem. Who woulda thought ranching and commercial fishing would be a hard way of life 30 years ago!?!