It's still something we feel, as a staff, is viable. That's especially so if the money it raises gets plowed right back into supporting youth programs that get kids fishing.

We didn't want to create another opening-day effect, especially for private landowners who might have been tempted to consider posting their ground if they were constantly bombarded with anglers.

We'd like to have ownership of the canyon and feel we are in the best position to manage it.

There's no cause and effect here, but it's a nice coincidence. Could we use some of that [DEP] money toward the work of the center? Sure.

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Any time you introduce a new species into an ecosystem, there will be disruption, but we don't know what that disruption will be.