One of the steelhead smolt releases targeted specifically by the WT lawsuit was the LLTKs release of 3700 winter steelhead smolts in the Hamma Hamma River. These smolts were raised from eggs taken from some of the very very few remaining wild fish remaining in that river. A similar program has been carried out by LLTKs on this river to reintroduce fall chinook which were essentially extinct. Several years of effort has led to returns of chinook over the 300 count which we'd not likely see occurring by itself. BTW these fish were derived from composite hatchery stock from the George Adams hatchery. LLTKs steelhead program is a pilot project to try and restore wild winter steelhead to Hood Canal rivers. Anyone familiar with these rivers realizes that for all purposes the wild fish are at extinction levels. Somewhere around 1980 both species crashed as wild spawners. So my question to RichG and other WT supporters is why should this program be stopped or opposed? Here's a group that is trying to restore all salmonid runs on Hood Canal. Can Ramon answer this one? No attack here sir...just a desire for enlightenment?