tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29155086.post43680349988184695..comments2024-02-02T02:50:07.300-08:00Comments on "The Quiet Pool": ODFW's ResponseShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12894367520145795648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29155086.post-88377716640562823392011-01-21T00:25:29.890-08:002011-01-21T00:25:29.890-08:00Sorry Rob but I'm not buying it. Ed has a dire...Sorry Rob but I'm not buying it. Ed has a directive to do his job and he is not going to go out on a limb for wild fish...show me once where he has.<br />ODFW is an agency out of control and Ed Bowles is a big part of that.<br />You saw how non-committal he was in SalemShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894367520145795648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29155086.post-40666127776733000472011-01-20T09:06:04.384-08:002011-01-20T09:06:04.384-08:00he's pushed the "company line" towar...he's pushed the "company line" toward wild-fish management more than any of his predecessors. spend some time in his shoes...chaveechahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143640542452236754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29155086.post-56687669990601705472011-01-19T23:51:43.387-08:002011-01-19T23:51:43.387-08:00Ed Bowles is just another part of the bureaucracy ...Ed Bowles is just another part of the bureaucracy that is ODFW. I am quite sure he is indeed a good guy and has always been nice when I've talked to him.<br />Bottom line though Rob, is when push comes to shove he is going to toe the company line and wild salmonids will suffer.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894367520145795648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29155086.post-16332359161394196002011-01-19T15:25:19.950-08:002011-01-19T15:25:19.950-08:00I think the truth is worse than that: the Sandy &q...I think the truth is worse than that: the Sandy "recovery" plan (subset of lower Columbia plan) most likely meets the criteria laid out in the Native Fish Policy. You have to read the entire policy to discover that it's so full of exceptions and loopholes it's practically toothless. This, along with the hatchery mess on the Nestucca, is an indication of the "balance" we can look forward to under the Native Fish Policy. Of course it shows a horrifying imbalance, weighted toward the majority of ODFW "customers" who demand harvest opportunity. The system is stacked against wild fish recovery, plain and simple.<br /><br />I also think that steelhead are the least of our worries on the Sandy. Spring chinook are the ones really screwed, since stray rates have gone trough the roof with the elimination of Marmot Dam. And how about wild coho? What a disaster.<br /><br />Regardig Bowles, however, I would ask you to consider the possibility that he was providing good advice to the NFS. If the NFS strikes out alone in a lawsuit, it can look forward to a cooling of relations with the agency, and difficulty in maintaining it's voice. A better solution would be for all concerned citizens and NGOs to combine forces under a separate organization, or under Friends of the Sandy. It would spread the risk and show that there is a coalition working toward wild-only management.<br /><br />I know you don't want to believe it, but Bowles is one of the good guys. Until you put yourself in his shoes, which would require an indepth understanding of the entire playing field, you will not be able to understand his perspective, the pressures he is under, and the basic requirements he faces in his position. He is not at liberty to do what's best for fish. It's not even an option for him. And that's not his fault. It's the fault of Oregonians. It's the fault of the majority of greedy idiots who call themselves anglers but are really just welfare-sucking addicts.chaveechahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143640542452236754noreply@blogger.com