If you want to RESTORE wild salmonids in the CR, the dams have to come out. There is simply no other way to restore the runs in the CR because the reservoirs are not salmon habitat.

If you want to write off the mainstem production (keep the dams) but restore the tributaries then it will be necessary to collect all smolts above a reservoir and safely release them below the dam. Have to keep them out of the reservoirs.

If wild fish are not important above the dams then get well managed hatchery programs on line and properly fund their operation.