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Originally posted by stlhdh2o:

1) There are no wild fish left in their respective watersheds, or that the wild populations that do exist are considered beyond the ability to recover ...in this case a I think a hatchery is a good idea...

Isn't this about where we are?
What does Endangered Mean?

Where would one look for numbers of Wild Chinook for a given drainage?

It is highly unlikely that Hatcheries are responsible for the demise of Wild Chinook. If you had to quantify how much damage each factor had what would be the impact of hatcheries? 1%? 2%? Less? Far too many other factors have had much greater impact.

Leave the hatcheries in place. Work to make them better. Work to make habitat better.

...that and $2 will get you a cup of coffee
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