Some interesting ideas here. I hope more will come to mind as we deal with more restrictions and closures. Thank you for your time and energy to post these.

I really believe that the solutions to the mussel issues are not going to come from the people who wish to close the lakes - they are going to come from the users of the lakes like fishermen and recreational boaters, and other individuals who have a vested interest in keeping the lakes open.

offduty's post today shows this clearly. Larry Elshere (fisherman) and ranger Rob (has a vested interest in keeping the lake open) work together to come up with the locking idea, with 10 day quarantine. This may not sound like a great solution because it involves a 10 day wait, and some hassle with the seals, but it beats the heck out of not fishing at all. Even more important, the logic of this idea is very hard to argue with, so if the lake managers refuse it, it makes them appear unreasonable.

Now we are getting some where.