McAllister's been closed before and probably will be again. The problem with McAllister is that it was built in the wrong place. It was supposed to be built nearer the springs but they couldn't get the land to build up there(turf wars with the city) so they were forced to build it at it's present location.The fish health guys said it shouldn't be built at all then because the lower creek suffers from nanophyetes, a parasite that wrecks havoc on the rearing ability of the hatchery. Not to mention that when it rains hard a ton of cow poop ends up in the ponds.For the past few years nanophyetes has hit it hard because of low water flow in the creek,(drought and the city taking more water from the springs) and that's the main reason i think they want to shut it down.The parasite problems have always meant the hatchery could never raise as many fish as they could because they've had to lower densities in the ponds to deal with the parasites and could never hold any fish over the summer for the yearling program.It will be a bummer if it closes ,though, clear creek is pumping out a lot of fish now .The nisqually's might throw some money McAllister's way...you never know.There is a lot of co-op between McAllister and Clear Creek.