Since this thread started with a reference to dollars spent on hatchery fish in comparison to wild fish I'll toss this one out on the table.
Combined Federal, state, and local dollars spent per year on wild fish restoration is approximately 500 million $ per year( reference is former Wash. Senator Syd Snyder) now and has been at that level for several years. So yes the WDFW budget is as DoubleHaul posted but that isn't truly representative of the reality of what is being pumped into wildfish restoration throughout the Northwest. Please lets use the whole context of the picture when discussing this issue? <img border="0" alt="[wall]" title="" src="graemlins/wall.gif" />