Outsiders Decide Kenai River's Fate?

The Anchorage Daily News reports that some Kenai anglers are complaining that "they've lost the river to outsiders."

"A new organization, the Kenai Area Fisherman's Coalition, ran a half-page
attack ad in the Peninsula Clarion labeling the fishing event [Ed: the Kenai River Classic] co-hosted
by Sen. Ted Stevens divisive and ultimately bad for the river. Members,
including former state biologists who managed the river, said paid access to
policymakers helps corporations and commercial guides, not fish or local
fishermen.

"There are a number of us who have been involved with state
or federal agencies that feel there's undue influence peddling," said Dave
Athons, a retired assistant area sportfish biologist with the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game. "The local fisherman has very little say.""

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