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Don’t worry about the little rules -- just make sure that you ask the right ques- tions and you won’t have to worry about hav- ing a bad time on your trip or offending any- one. The things to remember about guides: there are good guides and there are bad guides; the good ones work very hard for their money. While they may know the water you are fishing like the back of their own hand, fish don’t always behave accordingly. A bad day of fishing isn’t always the guide’s fault. But the biggest problems be- tween anglers and guides have less to do with fishing and more to do with miscommunica- tion. Here’s a list you should remember when booking your next guided fishing trip: *Book early whenever possible. Book- ing early gives you a better chance of being able to book the guide you want during the time you want. Trust the guide’s advice on when the best fishing is available and adjust your schedule accordingly. *Get references. Don’t ever plan a day on the water with a person you know nothing about. And don’t worry about offending any- one: A reputable guide is more than willing to give you some clients’ names. *Be honest about your fishing abilities and let the guide know what you can and MEETING NOTICE Illinois Valley Fire District Board of Directors The Illinois Valley Fire District Board of Direc- tors will hold a regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Administrative Building, 681 Caves High- way, Cave Junction, Oregon on January 11, 2007. The meeting will include Bomb Threat Policy and any other matter that may arise after this publication. (The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities.) (The Board reserves the right to hold an ex- ecutive session at this meeting.) (Any comments or concerns must be submit- ted in writing.) 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J., across from Shop Smart. can’t do. Also, let them know how much fishing you do on your own. This will help the guide better plan an outing for you that will not only help you be more successful but will make the trip more enjoyable. Also, let the guide know up front if chil- dren will be along on the trip. *Determine whose gear is being used and who is providing items like lunches, snacks, drinks and other necessities. Most guides provide all of this and things like sun- screen in the price -- but better to ask and not regret being hungry and sunburned later. If you want to fish with your own gear, let the guide know or let him make some recommendations to you. *Don’t ever ask the guide to bend the rules -- whether they are the rules of his boat (like no alcohol on board) or game laws. If the guide asks you to break a game law, don’t do it. *Determine an exact time and place that you will meet the guide and determine how long the trip will last. *Don’t tell the guide what to do, be re- spectful and helpful whenever possible. *Tipping is important. Remember, these guides work hard for you and should be re- warded accordingly. Standard tip for a fish- ing guide on a good day should be 20 percent of the day’s rate for each person on board. On really good days, that tip should be even higher. If you catch a fish of a lifetime, be prepared to give the tip of a lifetime. Your generosity will not be forgotten. Many of my fellow Ranger pro staff members either got their starts guiding or still guide on fresh and saltwater when not fishing tournaments. They do it not only for the live- lihood that it provides them, but because they love the sport. A great guide has a passion for fishing that he will share with everyone and that makes them a great resource to have along the next time you want to fish in some unfa- miliar water. (Ranger Boats Pro Staff member Luke Clausen is the 2006 Bassmaster Classic champion and the youngest angler in professional fishing history to eclipse the $1 million career earnings mark.) USFS ‘cross-hobbled’ about its future By PERRY BACKUS of the Missoulian In the eyes of Jack Ward Thomas, his beloved U.S. Forest Service is like an abused pony -- cross-hobbled, blindfolded, spurred on one side, reins yanked hard on the other. It just doesn’t know which way to turn. That’s a far cry from its storied past when the first rangers provided a stewardship role to the thousands of acres set aside for the public good. When World War II ended, the agency stepped forward to help provide the timber necessary to house the hordes of re- turning servicemen. All along, Congress passed new laws to guide the agency’s management efforts. That well-meaning effort has created a morass that Thomas believes has put the future of the agency in doubt. Thomas, a former USFS chief, said that the agency no longer has a clear mission and the ramifications of that lack of direction could be dire. Recently, Thomas joined Mark Rey, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's undersecretary for natural resources and conservation, and oth- ers to discuss the hurdles USFS will face during its second century at a conference at the University of Montana. UM’s O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West sponsored the conference, “Challenges Facing the U.S. Forest Service: A Critical Review,” with support from the Cinnabar Foundation. A confusing mix of environmental laws coupled with “environmental warriors” will- ing to take the agency to task has affected the agency's ability to actively manage national forest lands, Thomas said. That’s resulted in smaller work forces and shrinking budgets, which in turn makes it more difficult to get work on the ground ac- complished, he said. “When do the environmental warriors take responsibility for the consequences of their victory?” asked Thomas. The major battles have been fought, swords are being turned into plowshares, although Thomas said that some groups have gone too far and are rapidly losing public support.” “Things are changing and people are beginning to find common ground,” said Maggie Pittman, the Lolo National Forest’s Missoula district ranger. “On the local level, it is a new day,” Pittman said. “In Missoula, we're working collaboratively with a lot of different groups. Both sides are looking for ways to find mid- dle ground. “We're not at the same place we were 10 years ago,” she said. That thought was echoed by another conference presenter, Mitch Friedman, ex- ecutive director of Conservation Northwest. Friedman, who claims to have been amongst the first tree-sitters, said that Con- servation Northwest used to be in the fore- front in filing appeals and lawsuits against proposed USFS actions. These days, you might find Friedman sitting across the table from old adversaries searching for common ground. “Once you get past the old culture wars, there are lots of new opportunities out there,” Friedman said. He has seen it work in places like the Colville National Forest in Washington state, where diverse interests crafted an agreement that restored fire-dependent forests, provided timber to local mills and added thousands of acres of lands protected forever as wilder- ness. To get there, Friedman said that there has to be willingness to compromise on all sides. “We’ve realized that you can’t just bless the perfect sale,” he said. “You have to un- derstand that sometimes it’s just going to have to be good enough (to accept) the bot- tom line changes for that larger purpose.” Rey said that the administration is look- ing for ways to encourage public and private cooperation in managing public resources. That kind of cooperation is especially important now that budgets for most domestic programs are likely to remain flat or decrease slightly. The agency is looking for ways to stretch its limited funding. For instance, Rey pointed to better book- keeping that not only produced a first-ever clean audit for the department in 2002, but also created a $60 million savings for the forest service that could be plowed back into resource management on the ground level. Budgeting isn’t predicted to get any eas- ier. An agency priority is fuel reduction work, which doesn’t come cheap. Rey said that the average cost ranges from $100 to $3,000 per acre. The agency has prioritized approxi- mately 80 million acres at risk for severe fire. So far, some 24.6 million acres of federal land has been treated during the past six years, which is an area slightly larger than the state of Ohio, he said. “We should be treating about 8 million acres a year,” he said. “That’s about twice what we're treating right now. We still have a lot of progress to make.” At the same time, firefighting costs for the agency are skyrocketing as more people build in the wildland-urban interface. Between 1980 and 1999, about 8.4 mil- lion new homes were built in the interface, Considering that an average of four people per household, Rey said that’s like taking the entire population of California and sprinkling it across a fire-dependent ecosystem. That’s driving up the costs of fighting wildfire. During 1990, fire suppression cost ac- counted for approximately 17 percent of the forest service’s overall budget. By 2008, Rey said it will be closer to 45 percent. It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. - Mahatma Gandhi -
