Lupo,

Putting anadromous fish upstream of Snoqualmie Falls has not only been contemplated, but was routinely done in the 1970s by the former WDF, long before the merger with WDW. WDF planted surplus hatchery chinook and coho fry in the upper forks of the Snoqualmie in an attempt to increase overall salmon production. WDF even proposed adding a formal upstream fish passage system and screens to Puget Sound Energy's hydropower water diversion above the falls.

There was no monitoring of the effectiveness of the stocking in the upper Snoqualmie, and biologists reasonably assumed that many downstream migrating smolts were killed either by PSE's hydro diversion or if they landed on the rocks below the falls.

The idea of developing anadromous runs upstream of the falls was finally dismissed as poorly thought out and out of tune with contemporary environmental values.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.