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Lover_of_Lake_Powell

Dear Jimmy, I may have issues with Wayne Gustaveson (the public official in charge of Lake Powell's quagga mussel policy) and some of his die-hard cabal of supporters and enablers, but www.waynewords.com is the biggest, unique and most helpful site dedicated to Lake Powell. We can never compete against it nor would I want to try. Please go there and tell them LOLP sent you in good faith. You're welcome.
-rich

If you are an F16 driver then I tip my hat to you, protecting our country and freedoms. Thank you. As Pigo remarked, the Yahoo site is frequented by core Lake Powell users. Small, vocal, have influence and inalienable to the protection of Lake Powell. That site is not a tourist promotion site, but we can point you to those places. What type of vacation to you have envisioned? Houseboat or lake camping. Into fishing or boat sports like water skiing / wake-boarding. Want to hike, etc. Just ask and we’ll try to help or point you in the right direction. In any event thank you for visiting.
-rich

I note that you did not comment on my comment, or the LVS article. It is a free country Jimmy, feel free to move on. The yahoo site is an adult blog and open to all people who rather discuss Lake Powell topics than bury their heads in the sand. You may be like the rest of Wayne's Gustavenson's supporters who cannot defend the indefensible (i.e. his policies and performance on the quagga mussel issue) and would rather restrict what others say rather than attempt a serious rebuttal. That's your choice. Thank you for taking the time to check it out.
-rich

Thank you rainyroads for the feedback. I am happy that more feel that way. For more info on Lake Powell info please refer to...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LakePowell...

I know the Glen Canyon NRA (Lake Powell) staff is starting to realize they have a major PR disaster on their hands and a probable catastrophe if they do allow quagga mussels to infect Lake Powell. Recently random inspections were begun, however the overall quqgga policy, led by the Lake Powell Fisheries Czar, Wayne Gustavenson, is still a criminal and idiotic voluntary process that requires honesty by the park visitors.

Utah, since the inception of the quagga mussel battle has performed admirably in relation to its size; however, there is one person, Fisheries Czar, who shows no inclination to toughen what is currently a voluntary process that requires honesty by the GCNRA park visitors. There is no 7/24 presence at the GCNRA gates and none planned. This policy is based on the flawed 100th Meridian Initiative. This is the same policy that resulted in Lake Mead, the lower Colorado River and a plethora of Southern California counties to becoming infected with quagga mussels.

I am now of the opinion that the ad hoc response by Utah, the Feds and the other Colorado River states and the vesting of policy authority in public officials like Wayne Gustavenson—dooms us to eventual infection of the entire Colorado River system. We must immediately impose mandatory inspections on all entry points and if they cannot be put in place then banning boats are the only effective solution until at such a time proper procedures can be put in place. I advocate that boats be banded to their trailers to allow verification at a Colorado River or body of water’s entry point that they have not be used somewhere else, that may have been infected. This type of approach may help until the sciencetist perfect the biological agent to tackle the quagga/zebra mussel threat.

I am very pleased that it sounds like the officials at Lake Mead have a great plan and an excellent staff. While I'm sure Mr. Gustaveson is doing the best he can with what he has to work with at Lake Powell, he is without question the wrong person to be leading the mussel interdiction effort. Mr. Gustaveson has a full time job as GCNRA Director of Fisheries. The potential eco-disaster posed by a mussel infestation DEMANDS a full time professional on the job with a large budget, adequate manpower and real enforcement authority, none of which is offered by Mr. Gustaveson.
-rich herron
San Diego, CA