This is just to throw a little fuel on this fire…

Last January I attended an ODFW meeting the was convened to discuss this proposal. In this meeting Steve King of ODFW let it slip that the original proposal by WDFW much higher… I emailed him after the meeting in an effort to get this info in writing… this is how it went

Question:
“at what part of the Biological Assessment did the State of Washington put forth their 17% incidental take proposal? What part of the chronology did it occur? Was it at the beginning of the 10 month process – just before your 11/07/03 testimony to the Commission – or after 11/07/03 but before 01/02/04 completion of this Draft Biological Assessment. When did both parties finalize the 5% to 7% incidental impact number?”

Answer from Steve King:
“The 17% consideration for wild winter steelhead impacts was only a
verbal discussion amongst ODFW and WDFW on a manager to manager basis.
It never went beyond that. The discussion occurred in December”

So in December of last year WDFW staff was proposing a 17% impact…
anyone here want to defend that?