Eric

It is hard, if not impossible to be a one man battalion!

I have posted this same issue on one other board besides this one. Many of there members fish or guide on the Cowlitz, and many are also members here. Every time anyone tries to get in touch with the papers, Tacoma sends out there goon squad with the big bucks to back them up. Tacoma news Tribune wrote a fairly good article about 4 or 5 months ago warning of what's to come. They talked to Tacoma's goon squad biologist and he painted a real rosy picture of what a great job that these butts have done.

A friend of mind wrote a big reply back, but as far as I know, the Tacoma News Tribune did not or would not print it. Most of my personal efforts are to inform the fishermen that he is getting screwed! I don't ask for much funding, so my group (CPR-Fish) has very limited funds to make the public aware of what is happening to the Cowlitz. I try to do the best that I can for the everyday fishermen, but I can only do so much and I run out time, money, and hope! And it's just about in that order that it occurs! I can tell you that Tacoma is holding a public meeting on Feb. 5. Tacoma Power is planning an open house-style drop-in public briefing on Thursday, February 5, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 2501 N.E. Kresky Ave. in Chehalis.

If you guys want to keep the crowds from swamping your favorite spots, it would behoove you to come to this meeting and tell Tacoma how screwed up the new Cowlitz FHMP realty is. That is something that we all can do, with little cost to us. We will carry the "sword" when it comes to knowing "the facts", but we do need a small army of soldiers to let them know that we mean what we say.

Will you and others join our army? Even if you don't like to fish the Cowlitz for what ever reason you can think, do want the herds of these fishermen falling upon your special honey hole?

Come to the meeting on Feb 5 and stand behind our sword!

They will have to listen to us, if they like it or not. NUMBERS DO COUNT!!!!


Cowlitzfisherman