some of you may be aware that the funding for reiter ponds has been in jeopardy for quite some time now. i attended a meeting in snohomish this morning with 2 wdfw reps,rep hans dunshee, and the aide to rep koster. the govenor has included funding for reiter in his supplemental budget which the legislature will start addressing on monday(01/10). unfortunately the budget only calls for about 90k(40k below waht is needed per year). if you fish any system planted w/reiter summer runs it is imperative you contact your representatives and urge them to allocate the full 270k required to fund reiter foe the entire biennium. this will cover the 130k wdfw has taken from the wildlife fund to operate reiter this year and fund it for 2001 as well. if we lose reiter summer run fishing as we know it will cease to exist and we will never get it back. there was also talk from us sportsmen that the dept should bring the steelhead permit back with wording that the money from them would be dedicated to steelhead hatcheries and not go into the general fund. any thoughts and feelings?