3/04/2023

WDFW and QIN bad feelings started a long ago.

Wynoochee River, Dam and major fish hatchery in the area just below the dam. To many meetings, to many groups involved, to slow to spent the "original monies", so Federal's took the monies back, and spent it on the Afghanistan war effort.

Just think, major hatchery, water right from the lake, cool no major heating problems in the summer time, less problem with diseases that have been a problem at Lake Aberdeen. Could have been a Spring Chinook, Coho, Fall Chinook, steelhead(winters and summers), maybe even searun cutthoat. Gone, gone, gone, but of indecisions by WDFW.

2nd Phase.....Holding ponds, in same area......never got done

then the 2.4 million "Wynoochee Mitigation", meetings by bucket full, presentations before the Full Commission, WDFW personel told to "get that Wynoochee taken care of".....QIN wanted it taken care of, most sports also...still to this day, 30+ years......not done!!!!!