Cowlitz..

My rationale is that there are native species up there that benefit from there being few or no steelhead up there. I am sure there are probably bull trout ( ESA listed) up there that do very well due to the lact of anadramous fish.
Also simply putting fish above the dam (s) doesn't equate to helping natural reproduction. If the science was there to suggest that they could reestablish a self sustaining population of steelhead up there then i'd be all for it. but till then I would rather see the money spent on such a project be placed towards restoring runs that already exsist.

Cowlitz.. how much public (bank) access is there on the upper watershed? Any boat launches?? I only fished the Cispus once about 15 years ago don't remember anything about the area..