did anyone see the news tonite about the radical changes by the state and the tribes? any thoughts?

no,
Please explain...

check out the following story
http://komotv.com/stories/16914.htm

It's good to see that the government and tribes are willing to work closely with scientists to begin solving the complex issues surrounding declining fish runs. Unfortunately very little in the way of detail can be gleaned from the story you are referring to. Anyone like to post a link to the actual document/s this report refers to??

Caught the tail end of a 15 second story on KINGTV tonight, not even enough to figure out what they were really going to do.

I think it had to do with the initial draft of the
Hatchery System Evaluation and Scientific Review Group's findings. The rumors of hatchery closures have been coming from this report I think.They got the chinook hatchery wrong,it's McAllister Cr. not a Nisqually hatchery closing.....

Sounds like what they did to me at work. Went from a team of 16 to a team of 7.

"But hey, we're gonna be able to give the clients better service, and produce more 'cause we'll do it a different way!"

The old "less is more" principle. Only problem is they saw the savings short term, but not the costs long term, and the different way was never thought out.

Not trying to be a downer, but I'll believe it when they show me the results.

The media is kind of making it sound like there is some sort of written agreement and a solid plan. This press conference really just was given to show that all parties are serious about hatchery reform. The philosophy is a good thing. Its all about ranking the performance of the hatcheries by returning adults instead of released smolts. Just don't buy into the press wording that it will bring less fishing. It has potential to if we just sit back and don't let our voices be heard, but its not a forgon conclusion.

It sounds like it is not all at this time what 23 are they looking at

oh so now the tribes wanna help out wild salmon runs by decreasing the numbers of hatchery salmon being produced,maybe they should try taking there damn nets out of the river if the wanna help out wild salmon!!!WE DON'T HURT MOTHER NATURE,MY ASS!!!

NET,OPPS I MEAN FISH ON!!!

The dollar figures mentioned in the article probably won't happen...just got my letter from the governor (I'm a state wh***) talking about the latest budget deficit and how we all need to "tighten our belts"...

Here's the seattle times article:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134407721_hatchery20m.html

Sounds like a whole bunch of Horse$h!t if you ask me. Now maybe some one can answer a few questions for me.
1)Who is going to pay for all this?
2)Who is going to most benifit from this?
3)What is there back up plan is this fails?
Just looks like the same old Bull$hit the government tryin to fix their screw ups. well thats just my $.02
Dances Out