I think Boater's got a point about Anderson (WDFW) sacrificing sport fishing quality, that is if he even cares, to get hatchery harvests significantly increased to maintain Mitchell Act hatchery funding. There isn't much state money spent on Col. R hatcheries, mostly federal.

Judge Redden and other actions that tweak the edges of fish productivity will help, but meaningful recovery remains unlikely as long as the root cause of low productivity (dam passage) is not significantly reversed.

Sg