Mike,
The DFG isn't proposing these closures, nor did they come up with it in the first place. The people backing these closures and supporting them are radical environmentalists. That's who people are saying aren't going to stop (and they won't). The DFG is just stuck with the task of dealing with this mandate. They didn't propose it, it wasn't their idea. Most of the anger and frustration is being aimed at the enviros, not the DFG.
-Brian