I'd be surprised if that were the case. Over the years I've seen and talked to many biologists and researchers who were in the river in wet suits, or floating the river in rafts. Up and down the river, different colored flagging hung from limbs and brightly painted rocks near redds marked the spawning beds of multiple species. Many of these locations were far from the beaten path. All of those counts of redds above Landsburg couldn't have been made from a bike path. On other occasions, helicopters would fly extremely low following the rivers course. Foot by foot, and mile by mile, I doubt any river in Washington has had more scientific scrutiny than the Cedar has had over the last twenty years. In the end, Cedar River may be studied to death. But, you can rest assured there will be a team of scientists present at the passing.

As many on this board know, the Cedar was an amazing river to fish for winter steelhead. I remember reading in a national publication how the Cedar River in Washington was the place to go for trophy steelhead in March.