Well let's finish this after a computer hiccup! Not a bad deal actually. I have always purchased a fishing license to cover the cost of search and rescue if I ever fall off a cliff while searching for birds. Once in a while while camping I really put a fishing line in the water as well. Tom McConnell Glenwood Springs
_____ From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Roller Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:13 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Cc: jroller...@gmail.com; Tom Roller; Merrilyn Parham Subject: [cobirds] Jumbo fee to enter Prewitt and Jumbo Reservoirs in Northeast Colorado! In today's Denver Post, in the Outdoors section of the Sports pages, I noticed this distressing bit of breaking news: "Beginning April 1, adults (yes they will card you and you can't pass for 17 years old any more) who does not possess a valid annual hunting for fishing license must purchase a $36 permit (like the old Habitat Stamp, I guess) to enter Jumbo Reservoir or Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Areas in northeastern Colorado. The annual permits are available from hunting or fishing license vendors." Wow, talk about sticker shock! Please note that this is not per vehicle, this is per adult human. Now even if you say to yourself, "I don't go up there very much anyway," consider your situation if a mega-rarity turns up at one of those places. You get the word about the Wood Stork pecking at a Groove-billed Ani at Jumbo or the Anhinga pestering the Wilson's Plover at Prewitt! You jump in a car with your buddies and dash off to ............ where? Why to Big Jim's Sushi, Bait and Tackle Shop to buy the permit you have been putting off buying all summer! Now Big Jim's is a fun place to visit when you are hungry and not in a hurry. Remember their slogan, "Today's Plate is Tomorrow's Bait!" But look, there's a line to get in the door. You wait while the skilled chef rolls up some maki, and it looks so good that you think about ordering some sashimi or a Dragon Roll, then you remember why you came. You get your "Jumbo Permit" and flee in disgust as you see yesterday's nuri being skewered on treble hooks. By the time to pull up to the shore of the reservoir, birders with big grins are leaving, having studied and photographed the Yellow Rail before watching it fly off weakly into the sunset. Dang it! Dipped again! As I mentioned, the permits are $36. A mega-rarity - priceless. Please note that everything in the first paragraph is true. I don't make everything up. Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
