Never under estimate the power of stupidity in the Fish and wildlife services. In Montana they poisoned all the fish in two mountain lakes, and then restocked with cutthroat trout, so the native cutthroats would be the only fish there. Brilliant! What did they do with the fish they killed, including native cutthroat? In the land fill! There was also an incident in the Thompson falls area one winter, when a heard of Elk were swept down the Clark Fork river, and the F&W nit wits, decided that the best thing to do for them was to shoot them. So they did. Nope no one was allowed to recover them. There are islands in the river. The elk some times calve there. Gee maybe the Elk could have gotten onto the islands. Why not just let them be, and see how they fare? Why shoot them, and then not let anyone recover them? Typical of the actions of our F&W in Montana. Absolutely idiotic. They solved the problem of the Big horn sheep eating the salt on the roads in winter. yep, they announced that they have put an additive in the salt, that makes it unpalatable to the Sheep. Yep, the experts have it covered. Except no told the Sheep they are not supposed to like it. They love it. Now the whole herd is in the road, and on the bridge, licking the uh..... bad tasting salt. Oh boy, another star for the F&W services. Seems like anything they put their hands on goes down hill. Sort of like the national government.
Wayne
