Folks, Friends of the Cowlitz needs your help. I know that you would rather be talking about the fish you are catching, but this is about an organization that has busted their a** to put fish into the Cowlitz river system for the sportsperson. TPU has told WDFW that they will not pay for the rearing (aprox) $45,000 for the 90,000 steelhead that FOC raises each year for release into the Cowlitz river basin. This was a condition of their old license. Well they do not have their NEW license. Proof of this can be seen at Friends of the Cowlitz and then click on Cowlitz Dam Relicensing on the left hand side. You will see that Ferc has issued another Stay, hence no license. Appendix A of the Cowlitz River Hydroelectri Project Settlement Agreement states in Section 8.3: "In addition, pending issuance of a new license and implementation of new terms and conditions thereunder related to the effects of the Project on natural resources, Tacoma shall continue to comply fully with the terms and conditions of its existing license and shall maintain the level of activity undertaken as of the effective date of this agreement,...."The WDFW has told us that we have to come up with the funding for these fish if we still want to rear and relase them or they will destroy them. Under the new license TPU is not responsible for these 90,000 steelhead, under the existing it is. We believe they are still responsible for the funding as they have not been issued their new license. WDFW is under the impression they have the right/responsibility (??) to destroy these fingerlings now. We desperately need your help. We need calls to the Department 360 864 6121 asking them not to destroy these steelhead until we can come up with the funding for them once Tacoma does receive their license. We need FUNDING! There are numerous ways to donate funds to FOC so we can pay the WDFW for the food that these fish need to release. Please help these fish as well as the hundreds of thousands of other steelhead and salmon that Friends of the Cowlitz raises for the sportsman.