I was on Joey Kellner's DFO trip to Prewitt Reservoir yesterday. I was "caught" by a park official without a fishing or hunting license. He gave me the option of purchasing a license on the spot (the 1-800 number is posted on the Prewitt entrance sign board), or being issued a $75 fine. Somewhat surprisingly, I was able to get sufficient mobile phone reception and was able to purchase a fishing license over the phone on a Sunday afternoon.
Bob Spencer, the younger Erie, CO On Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:57:23 PM UTC-6, Steven Mlodinow wrote: > > Greetings All, > > No, this has naught to do with dowitchers. > > I find the behavior of the DOW enforcement agents in this state > baffling. I've had more run-ins (all at Banner Lakes SWA and St Vrain SP) > with state wildlife enforcement agents than in 20 years in WA (where the > number was a lovely zero, though the number of locations roughly equal). > > The Banner Lakes guy didn't like where I parked, even though it was not > on SWA area land and totally legal. He threatened to have my car towed and > fine me even though he had no jurisdiction to do so. I don't argue with > folks carrying guns and yelling at me, so I hiked the two miles back to my > car and left. > > The most recent St Vrain incident on Co Rd 7 occurred a month ago when > the officer claimed that a clearly unused Osprey nest built along WCR 7 > still required a 1000 m clearance, even though it was unoccupied because it > "might be used." In mid-July. Really. > > This Prewitt thing is odd. I've talked to rangers there a dozen or so > times over the 3 last years, usually chit-chatting about what birds I was > seeing. No one mentioned a permit. Now they are ticketing folks. I wonder, > has anyone in COBIRDS land received a warning during the last 3 years? My > guess the answer is zero, or close to it. None of us regulars out there > have received such that I know of. > > And I could not find, in 20 frustrated minutes, anything about a special > permit about Prewitt or that any permit was needed simply to enter Prewitt. > Maybe there is a sign at Prewitt that says such, but their website says > naught (as far as I can tell) about a Prewitt/Jumbo permit. > > This erratic behavior just confounds and irritates me. Signs at Andrick > Ponds SWA outright contradict themselves and their website. I've > encountered this at other locations. Most of the officers I've bumped into > (like at Prewitt in past, and at Andrick recently) have been exceptionally > nice, but then you get this weird aggressive angry behavior. > > I truly wonder what the underlying cause is. > > Best Wishes > Steve Mlodinow > Back in Longmont > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2d3de4ff-df69-4dc6-a2e5-1eaee468f02c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
