Good points, but the state owns the water as well as the fish and game, regardless of who stocked fish or game onto a private property. That doesn't mean the public has access to fish and game on private lands, it only means that the state alone regulates the taking of the game. As for Farm Bill dollars currently being earmarked only for private lands, you can thank your Congressmen for that snafu. We like to see those funds closer to 40% public and 60% private like most past Farm Bills had in them. Since everything in Washington DC is on a continuing resolution with regard to these large funding bills, I don't see the current situation changing anytime soon. I was on Capital Hill all day yesterday lobbying members of Congress from both sides and they all agreed. Lastly, while I understand that some are upset that public funds via grants like we obtain from US Fish & Wildlife Service, NFWF, or Farm Bill funds get used on private properties, when we do these restoration projects, they positively impact those rivers and streams downstream as well. They improve the overall health of the river, and often that carries over to public lands outside of the private lands. Since far more lands along our rivers are privately owned than publicly owned, it makes sense that a lot of projects are going to occur on private lands, some of which the public cannot access. But that doesn't mean the public gets no benefits from the project.