Thanks for replying Tom! The solution to pollution is dilution type thinking has proven to be ineffective, but it really is the same thing when a lake or river is stocked beyond natural levels, same ecosystem/ flow rates/ water, but more waste. Same as you have said. I think the main problem with Fish and Game is that they are catering to the fisherman's demands, not the environment's. I guess it all goes hand in hand with worrying about the whale, and not caring about krill. If a lower rung on the food chain breaks, whatever is above it will fall.

Honestly that is why I am second guessing this chosen path. I hear talks of how managing fisheries are going to change and better methods are going to be implemented, but if its the same talk as with oil, change won't happen until there is no other option and by then it is to late. No more wild stock to reestablish, only mutt strains of salmon and trout that never occurred in that particular stream in the first place. No, I can't save the world, but I guess I wouldn't make a difference either if all I did was put pellets down a fish's throat.

I really do want to work in the natural resources area, but I have no idea what kind of different jobs are out there, that are actually attainable. I have heard tons of horror stories about marine biologists who ended up working at department stores because there aren't enough jobs available.

Do you have any web links to alternative careers, or suggestions on similar fields? I know it means more school for the same pay, but I really do view nature from a conservationist point, not a sportsman's point of view. I would rather preserve, not take away.

Thanks again