I was just told that on August 29 Washington Trout made good on their threat to sue the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on the basis that the hatchery facilities in the Puget Sound region should be not be negatively impacting wild Chinook salmon listed as threatened under the endangered species act.

I looked on the federal court website and found the following case:
Case Number C02-1852
Short Case Title Wild Puget Sound Chinook, et al v. Jeffrey P. Koenings, et al
Judge Assigned RSL
Nature of Suit 893 - Environmental Matters
Division Seattle
Date Filed 08/29/2002

Related to this is the Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans required for an exemption from ESA enforcement. These plans have been completed and submitted to NMFS for approval recently.

For further info see the previous post on this topic: Previous Post
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Mike Gilchrist