[Carry_Okie]

I think we are better off taking the job from them. Really. The agencies are too corrupt and self-interested to oversee that kind of work. I'm still looking for an attorney with balls and creativity. Zumbrun was too shortsighted to fill that bill. BTW, Norton has a copy of my book.

[forester]

Bummer about the attorney. What it boiled down to in regards to the ag folks gathering their own data was the nagging doubt that this data could not be protected from discovery by the agencies or enviros. The possibilty that this data could be used against them effectively prevents the implimentation of your ideas. This is a loose end that needs to be tied up...to the extent that it can be easily explained to regular folks to the point that they feel comfortable with the concept. In our local situation, my explanations did not pass this test.