The "news" that AM heard regards a petition to list PS steelhead as threatened or endangered under the ESA. It was filed by Sam Wright, a very experienced fisheries professional who worked in various capacities for WDFW for years. Sam has done some consulting for WT in the past, but this petition has nothing to do with WT. He didn't even tell us he was filing it. With everything else going on these days, we haven't even fully reviewed it, let alone taken a position. We will, and when we do, I'll let you all know. In fact I think some of the folks at WSC may know more about it than I do.

Ramon Vanden Brulle
Washington Trout