04-02-2010, 10:28 PM
This is a big case of IDG&F doing CYA and placing the burden on the sportsman where they need bigger sholders to carry the blame for not addressing the issue of dewatering the spawning tributarys.
Hmm...Do you really think ID F&G has a say in how the water in the tributaries is used? Those water rights belong to the water rights holders before they belong to fish and wildlife, unless a species is listed under the Endangered Species List. And if that were the case, it wouldn't be ID F&G that was managing the water levels but rather the USFWS. You use the word "feds" like they are a bad thing but in reality they are probably the only ones with the real power to step in and keep water in the tributaries and implement your solution.
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