With the state of salmon and steelhead runs in the PNW being sub-par in general, the topic of dredging stirs a lot of emotions obviously. Dredging done correctly and limited probably has little effect on salmon and steelhead, same with logging, harvest, etc.. on a healthy fish population. There are too many people anymore who want their share of our fish and game populations. Each user group blames the other for the cumulative effects that have taken their toll in the last 100 yrs.

This thread is a perfect example of the division of user groups. The easy way out for the state or the feds, is to shut down fishing on threatened stocks along with dredging, etc... If everyone cant unite, then that will become the outcome.