Big Jim,

When Chambers Creek hatchery steelhead spawn in the wild, either with themselves or mixing with wild steelhead, the resulting offspring lack sufficient fitness to survive and return as a future generation of adult fish. The number of survivors that return is statistically zero. Is that clear enough? That's why it's a bad thing when a hatchery steelhead spawns with a wild one. It removes the reproductive potential of that wild fish from the spawning population.

Sg