I hear ya there. The feds get involved in a lot of things they should not be involved in. No news there. We have national parks, national forests, national seashores, national hatcheries and on and on. Wolf Creek Dam is a Federal project. It is my understanding that the hatchery was put there to mitigate the damage to the warm water water species caused by building the dam. Rivers and lakes frequently cross state lines.

My view. If feds want to spend money to increase fishing opportunities ...bring home the pork Mitch and I'll fry it up. I always cash checks from the federal government and they always cash mine.

Personally it does not matter to me who pays for it as long as they keep a class operation down there (emphasis on Class), the feds, the state, the fishermen any combination thereof.