I think this subject needs a thread. Cuts are coming and rumors are everywhere so here is what I found out searching around. I think the hatchery closures are at 14 but you need to hit the link a view the presentation and read the entire thing as different closures and actions are scattered all over the document.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/7_july31_2020_2021-23perflevel.pdf will take you to a page on the operating budget request and reductions including hatchery closures.

This is a bit difficult to follow so use the link but the information below should give you an idea.

• Salmon and Steelhead Hatchery Production -
$5.2M
o Close six salmon and steelhead hatcheries, including:
Forks Creek, Nemah, Reiter, Tokul Creek, Mayr Bros, and
Whitehorse hatcheries.
o Reductions in SRKW hatchery production.
o Reductions in hatchery production include: Chinook,
coho, and chum, representing 7.2% of statewide salmon
production, and winter steelhead (representing 1% of
statewide production).
o Eliminate vacant WMS positions supporting hatchery
management.
o Reduce urgent hatchery maintenance and repairs of
critical infrastructure by 32%, increasing the changes of
catastrophic failures leading to loss of fish.

• Trout Hatchery Production - $2.0M
o Close four trout hatcheries, including: Arlington, Chelan,
Naches, and Mossyrock hatcheries.
o Reductions in hatchery production include: Westslope
cutthroat, eastern brook, rainbow, brown, golden, tiger
trout, and kokanee representing 12.3% percent of trout
production statewide.
o Reduce or eliminate production that contributes to
recreational fishing opportunities which have an annual
economic value of $61.2M.
o Reduce urgent hatchery maintenance and repairs of
critical infrastructure by 32%, increasing the changes of
catastrophic failures leading to loss of fish.

Department of Fish and Wildlife
Proposed Reductions
15
• Fisheries Opportunity and Management - $5.7M
o Reduce fishing opportunities on the coast, Puget Sound, and
Columbia River
o Reduce Dungeness crab fishery outreach and derelict gear
removal
o Reduce bottom trawl surveys
o Reduce rotenone lake rehabilitation
o Reduce monitoring of Puget Sound early winter steelhead
o Reduce ability to monitor recreational fisheries in the
Columbia and Snake Rivers
o Eliminate several vacant positions
o Reduce fisheries enforcement patrols by at least 5 officers


Proposed Reductions
17
• Lands Stewardship and Operations - $2.7M
o Reduce lands stewardship statewide
o Reduce property management expertise
o Reduce public engagement in wildlife area planning
o Reduce western Washington pheasant rearing and releases
o Reduce enforcement patrols of WDFW lands by at least 3
officers
• Conservation - $2.7M
o Reduce ability to fund project work with local communities
o Reduce pass-through to coastal communities for engagement
in stewardship
o Reduce policy level expertise in timber harvest and streamflow
arenas
o Reduce science and GIS capacity
• Partnering with Volunteers - $1.3M
o Eliminate funding for volunteer cooperative grants for
projects benefitting fish and wildlife
18
• Pittman-Robertson Shortfall - $2.8M
o Reduce ungulate research, big game surveys, and big game
monitoring
o Reduce capacity for private landowner access agreements
o Reduce elk feeding by 50%
• Dingell-Johnson Shortfall - $0.8M
o Closure of Omak hatchery and Cowlitz/Mayfield net pens
o Reduce hatchery emergency repairs and maintenance
• Personalized License Plates Shortfall - $1M
o Reduce diversity species database management, infectious
disease monitoring, and landscape connectivity assessments
• Hatchery Grants Shortfall - $2.6M
o Closure of Elwha, Toutle, and Skamania hatcheries
o Reduce Columbia River and tributary fisheries