I've always understood that the main reason for the night closure for the reiter facility was to keep yahoos from snagging/netting fish that enter the creek area during the night. This used to be a problem back in the late 80's.

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"It makes no sense to regulate salmon habitat on land while allowing thousands of yards of gill nets to be stretched across salmon habitat in the water"

John Carlson, Gubernatorial Contender, Sept. 2000 speech at the Ballard Locks