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Originally posted by AuntyM:
Boater,

If Washington Trout wanted to force WDFW to comply with the ESA, please tell me why they didn't sue and ask for that as a remedy in the first place?

Why instead, did they choose to ask for an injunction on hatchery releases this spring and to close all Puget Sound hatcheries, which WDFW isn't allowed to do by law?
because it is easyer to ask for the moon in a lawsuit and settle out of court for what you realy want, not many lawsuits are settled for what they ask for.

auntm, washington trout cannot close any hatcheries that are within compliance with esa guide lines, they can however play hardball and try to get the state to comply with them and thats what they are doing. now that the dust has settled in this mess and we can see that they are trying to make the state operate hatcherys within the guidlines of the ESA, why are we arguing with them ?