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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 441799" data-attributes="member: 7436">Regarding Fritz the Cat comment regarding Western SD Storm Atlas thread from Fishingbuddy, I have no idea what he is talking about.  May have been a different Gilmore?  Same with "cos in barns" post.  What is a cos?  I have spent the better part of my life volunteering for the benefit of ND's natural resources and sportsmen (hunters, trappers and fishermen).  I am approaching 50 years (yes i am getting old) serving on board of directors for organizations like United Sportsmen of ND, Capital City Gun Club, Friends of Lake Sakakawea, ND Sportfishing Congress, served on chapter committees for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Pheasants Forever and belong to 7 outdoor organizations.  If these years of volunteering and thousands of dollars spent supporting the ND outdoors and ND sportsmen make me a duffus, I would rather be labeled with that moniker than be someone who has no idea what I have done yet posts anonymously on a social media site.In regards to ANS, specifically zebra mussels, zebra mussels in the Sheyenne River have contaminated the national fish hatchery below Baldhill Dam resulting in that any fish raised in this hatchery can only be stocked in a body of water that is already contaminated.  If zebra mussels get into Lake Sakakawea (they were detected at the southern end of Lake Oahe last summer), it would mean no fish from the federal hatchery below Garrison Dam could be stocked in any uncontaminated ND waters.  This would be devastating to the state's stocking program.  A paper authorized by Dr. Pool, ND Department of Water Resources, estimated the cost to keep intakes clear of zebra mussels in Lake Sakakawea for municipalities, commercial, rural water systems and industrial users at $80 million a year and did not include the impact on recreation.  One can support the effort to slow down the spread of ANS or sit on the sidelines and complain down the road.  I had hoped this site had matured, become more informative for the sportsman and had moved away from name calling.  Guess I was wrong.</blockquote>

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