10-22-2019, 07:54 PM
Your a smart guy PBH, so you will have to admit that an estimate is just that, an estimate and it does not mean it is correct, even at the wide range you quoted. IMO these estimates come from general figures and there is no way to have an exact estimate for what the dollar amount lose could be for a, more out of the way, lake like Scofield. Now if you were talking about Strawberry, then I'd agree totally but not Scofield. Just for a minute let's try and figure out where this $41.6M - $136.5M worth of fishing would come from or go to, that would have been lost because the lake wasn't poisoned. It wasn't the town of Scofield because there just isn't enough business there to generate that kind of revenue, what about the gas station that was mentioned, possible but even at the lower rate that is a lot of gas. What about the state park at Scofield, not sure if even Strawberry generates $41.6 M in 10 year. Unless you talk to the Parks folks to find out how much they were taking in before, when Scofield was in its heyday, compared to now, there is no way to know. Point is, I think you are over valuing the amount of revenue one lake like Scofield can generate. I'm not saying that by putting off using rotenone that there wasn't a cost associated with it but at this point you are crying over spilled milk and there is nothing you can do about it. What could have or should have happened doesn't really matter now, so why do you guys keep beating a dead horse, what is done is done, there are no do overs. What we do know is that the DNR has chosen a different path and is commented to seeing it through. The lake is showing improvement and there is a good chance of the lake returning to its glory days. I think we can all agree that is a good thing, no matter what method was used to get there and even if it has not happened as quick as some would hope.
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