In this meeting we are looking for a united group of users and concerned citizens this obviously doesn't include WDFW or QIN since they allow and defend fisheries which are devastating a fragile run of Spring Chinook and other salmon species not to mention the Sturgeon. Once we have met as a group we can present our ideas and complaints to politicians, the press and higher level state officials that might actually want to make someting different happen. We have been meeting with WDFW for the past 3 years and all of our concerns have fallen on deaf ears. When I asked for data to support the 5 day a week 15 week sturgeon fishery going on currently in Grays Harbor and the Chehalis River the response from WDFW was that the QIN had told them their incidental catch of Spring Chinook would be less then 10 fish for the entire season and that they were going to allow the fishery and we could talk to QIN fisheries about our concerns. We are supposed to be co-managers of the Chehalis watershed yet we aren't included in any of the real management of the river we are just given a number decided on by WDFW and QIN and told that is our share. We want to protect the fish for future generations and we think that the time has come to go over the head of WDFW and try to get some real results. I hope this clears things up about our intentions with this meeting. If anyone has any questions they can feel free to e-mail or PM me with them and I'll try to answer them as well as I can.

Andy