Smalma,

Part of their rationale from what I heard is to target those hatchery spring chinook returning to Clark Ck. Frankly, there's not many in May. They migrate mostly in June. At any rate, the hatchery springers share the same timing as the wild ESA springers. It seems like harvest management has gone a bit sideways since the coop broke up, altho I'm not sure of the connection.

It will be a bitter irony if sockeye restoration and enhanced, that I worked hard on for a lot of years, ends up undermining chinook and steelhead recovery. What a reward, eh?

Sg