Yes ,
The PS closures were the original catalyst 7 years ago that brought about the formation of the WSC. While the WSC agreed the rivers should be closed in the name of conservation, what became questioned is the policies that brought us to that point...and have been working on ever since. What was interesting is when the Skagit/Sauk opened back up the following year we saw a lack of fire from the angling community even though the majority of the rivers were still closed, we were all happy to have something back (crumbs) and became complacent again. My hopes is that this issue will bring the fire back into the fold to inspire us to become more involved and help create change for the recovery of wild steelhead.

I hope many of you take your passion and plan to attend the Commission Hearing in February in Olympia send the message to the Commission we are loosing our runs of wild steelhead right before our eyes, on their watch, and their decisions need to send a message to WDFW that they are accountable andto brush away politics to develop the best conservation management plan for steelhead recovery.

PS: You can follow this link to some of the escapement charts for PS and other streams http://www.wildsteelheadcoalition.org/Repository/main.htm