If I am not mistaken, there is no tribal netting for steelhead on the Snohomish System, and hasn't been for a few years now. Last time I checked, the spring native steelhead population was still in the dumps, and not showing any signs of recovery. I'm almost positive the WDFW has, and still is doing, and creating the "science report" on that system.

Smalma will probably chime in to tell me that I am (somewhat) correct, or maybe that I'm smoking crack again and have it all wrong.

I guess my point is - it is foolish to just blame tribal netting for the decline and/or loss of native steelhead. The White Man and his destructive nature almost certainly played a larger role in the decline of our native steelhead populations than the Native American Man, did, or has done.

Hey, I'm just giving credit, where credit is due. Us White Men are damned good at raping our own enviroment, doing whatever we feel like, and when it all goes down the shiatter, *THAN* maybe start to do something about it - or blame someone else.

How come I never see anyone pick on the loggers, or the river-front property owners, or the farmes that let their cows on the river bed? How many native steelhead do you think they destroyed????