CM if you recall it was the lake's very cold water that made it advantageous. Not for incubation but returning adults to hold up in and the Nooch is perfect for that. River is cool enough for returning adults but critical time is in summer waiting to spawn and the lake at the dam could have provided that tool.

You know the only hatchery that can fully support fall Chinook and do it well around here is Forks Creek. The agency instead wants to put out 10 million or so at Naselle to rebuild it. The Naselle is a bad location for a hatchery let alone pour good money after bad to fix it. You cannot fix stupid sometimes.