I didn't read this whole thread but they have done this very thing to many of the famous steelhead rivers or made them very difficult to fish w/o going through a lodge. I used to salmon fish the Charlottes from a lodge for $$$$. The steelhead lodges make the Charlottes seam cheap.
It's all about generating revenue, lots of Euro business men are coming to fish and I suspect hunt. My suggestion is control your gov't with your vote.
