Here are some questions the NMFS should be forced to answer. The Endangered Species Act has not been authorized by Congress since 1992. NMFS must clearly articulate its recovery goals, and allow local solutions to meet these objectives. NMFS must not take a dictatorial approach as they are currently doing in the Methow Valley. Fish from well-run hatcheries are the same as fish breeding in the wild.
Water is the key to economic survival in Eastern Washington.
NMFS must not take away water rights that are guaranteed under current law. The economic disparity between rural and urban communities ranks second worse in the nation. A simple change in outdated government regulation would spur rural telecommunications infrastructure investment in the areas where it is needed the most. If our rural economies are going to make the transition the the economy of the 21st Century, these changes must be made. These lawsuits are driving innovation and investment from the high-tech sector of our economy.