Lake Minnetonka ZEBRA MUSSEL RESEARCH Volunteer Dive...9/13/10 & 9/14/10

[Terry]

          Roberts right,,,,,DNR, damn near retarded, throw this out there with only a few days notice, then do it, during the week. Divers in Mn are a decent group, but give us something to work with. We dont need your barge, we dont need your transportation, hell we dont even need lunch. I'm surprised the LMA isnt involved too asking us to volunteer after jacking us at the clean-up. I wouldn't want to suggest something that might make sense to the DNR, like damn nice reasoning, but how about asking us (here, or somewhere on the infamous DNR website) what they want to know, and we'll provide it,,,, like how many zebras, per square,,,,ft. yard. meter. mile, what depth, what size, on what type of bottom, what bay they were in, maybe collect some if they wanted, or just take some pictures of them. That way we can do the research over the next few months, over more then just 15', over more then just the location their barge parks at, and MAYBE get a little better idea of zebra distribution over of the entire lake. No offense to you Chris, just some of the ideas of governmental agencies, make me wonder why the national debt is only climbing $100,000 every 4 seconds and not faster.      TRINITY