Salmo-- I've read some of the predictions on what global warming will mean for the NW, and that's the reason for my posts about salmonids that rear instream for any length of time being more at risk than chum and pinks. I've heard it suggested somewhere that since those two species sometimes spawn very close to tidewater that they might be evolving toward having the ability to spawn in the saltwater or brackish tidewater without running up a river. We certainly know that the genus is adaptable to specific environmental factors, so I suppose it could happen.

If global warming is reality and not just an environmental twitch, then it seems that increasing or restoring off-channel habitat is important if not crucial for those species we hold dear. I also see the NW developing a better understanding of "flood plain".

My $.02,

Keith