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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Renville" data-source="post: 52009" data-attributes="member: 256"><p>Another problem is if these guys get a court to say the diversion needs to go that sets a precedent for the sturgeon. We need to realize there is no proof that the extra time the sturgeon larvae would get before they hit the start of Sakakawea, which they claim is death for them, will do them any good at all. Do we honestly think that, let's say 2 weeks, of extra drifting is the magic number to allow these things to survive? It really is a shot in the dark at this point. Is blowing up the entire dam that 58,000 acres of farmland depend on a better option for something we have no idea would work than giving the bypass(that has already been started) a shot to see how and if it is getting used. If it's not getting used we'd know in a year or two. The other option will likely take a decade or more to even try and get results. Not to mention pallids are being stocked every year now. If fish do indeed use the bypass I think it may free up quite a bit of spawning ground for game fish as well, a natural reproduction boost for walleyes nd saugers in Sakakawea could be huge. As well as paddlefish. I'm not saying it would for sure happen but it definitely couldn't hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Brian Renville, post: 52009, member: 256"] Another problem is if these guys get a court to say the diversion needs to go that sets a precedent for the sturgeon. We need to realize there is no proof that the extra time the sturgeon larvae would get before they hit the start of Sakakawea, which they claim is death for them, will do them any good at all. Do we honestly think that, let's say 2 weeks, of extra drifting is the magic number to allow these things to survive? It really is a shot in the dark at this point. Is blowing up the entire dam that 58,000 acres of farmland depend on a better option for something we have no idea would work than giving the bypass(that has already been started) a shot to see how and if it is getting used. If it's not getting used we'd know in a year or two. The other option will likely take a decade or more to even try and get results. Not to mention pallids are being stocked every year now. If fish do indeed use the bypass I think it may free up quite a bit of spawning ground for game fish as well, a natural reproduction boost for walleyes nd saugers in Sakakawea could be huge. As well as paddlefish. I'm not saying it would for sure happen but it definitely couldn't hurt. [/QUOTE]

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