04-08-2015, 01:46 PM
I agree with doglover on the question concerning rotenone on the survey. Hind sight is always 20-20. We asked that particular question to gauge how much additional work we needed to do with the public on the use of rotenone. It was the wrong time and place for this question to be asked.
However, I wanted to thank fishnate and therapist for their involvement in the two committees that they participated in. These committees are to assist the DWR in understanding public wants and desires in sportfish management on specific waters and then working through a collaborative process that increases trust between the DWR and the anglers and results in management plans on these specific waters that the anglers appreciate and HOPEFULLY result in higher angler satisfaction and use on those specific waters.
There are many folks on these committees, anglers, National Park Service, Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah State Parks, County Commissioners, etc. There is one agency that is only there as a facilitator for the process (DWR). We facilitate the discussion, we provide biological or social data or historical information. We take this role because we believe the sportfisheries of Utah belong to the anglers. We merely manage them using the best biological and social science tools at our disposal within the legal framework we have to work within.
It is unfortunate that we have folks out there that are merely wrench throwers and not willing to assist in problem solving. The DWR has made huge strides in involving the public in all aspect of what we do and we will continue to do so in the future.
Please don't tear down a process that you didn't participate in and therefore don't understand.
Drew
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