It's not often that Louisiana balks at an offer to sell its natural resources for cash.

That's why it's a pleasant surprise to see two state legislators warn the Sabine River Authority that any attempt to sell water from the Toledo Bend Reservoir is a nonstarter. It's even better that the two legislators, Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, and Sen. Bob Hensgens, R-Abbeville, chair committees that would need to bless any such sale.

For those who have not spent time on the bucolic, 186,000-acre, 65-mile-long reservoir located on Louisiana's western border, let me explain. Toledo Bend was created when the Sabine River was dammed in the 1960s. It's become extremely popular as a recreation and fishing spot for thousands from both Louisiana and Texas.

It's governed jointly by Louisiana and

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