Thanks much Salmo. Somewhere along the line months ago this subject of the Cowlitz being managed as a wild fish sactuary became a controversial thread. Then we had these terrible returns on winters and springer projections that lead to my speculation that the Tacoma Power had not planted smolts as they should. So now I hear from you that their hatchery is in disaray and has been allowed to go to substandard conditions putting out diseased inferior smolts into our watersheds, despite the legal requirements to run it properly. How could that be allowed to happen under the supervision of the WDF&G?!? It should never have been allowed to come to this. I just hope they do come forth quickly with what you are telling us they plan for a state of the art facility for the Cowlitz River.

RT