I agree with Todd too, despite the fatigue I felt by the end of the post.

I'm not against hatchery steelhead, but I'm very against the effects they have on native steelhead populations in terms of artificially altering their genetic makeups through introgression (ie. cross-breeding). Those unique gene pools define what is special about each river's native population. Those need to be nurtured.


Perhaps refocusing hatchery investments into native broodstock programs would help, instead of pouring Chambers Crk clones into the rivers like crazy. My .02,

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