Saw this link over at Oregonlive today about how one of the ponds at Eastmoreland Golf Club has been connected to Johnson Creek by a manmade stream in hopes that migrating salmon and steelhead will use the pond and stream as spawning beds.

A few years back a club released a bunch of tule smolts into Johnson Creek several miles up from the mouth with the same hopes. Never heard about any acceptable results.

While I know that some winter fish spawn in the stream, I strongly feel that this stream is far too poluted by local dumping and spraying to rationalize such efforts. Am I wrong here? Why do so many folks feel that it's worth spending so much money in concentrated areas when spots above and below are such a mess?