Cowlitz River fall chinook get $650,000 boost from Olympia

Fall chinook numbers on the Cowlitz River will more than double, thanks to an appropriation by the state Legislature.

In its second special session ending last month, the Legislature appropriated $650,000 for increasing the production of Cowlitz fall chinook.

The appropriation will result in the release of as many as 2 million more fall chinook, according to the Coastal Conservation Association, which lobbied heavily for the funding.

The additional fall chinook will be raised in net pens in Mayfield Lake that should be operational next year, said Nello Picinich, Washington executive director of the CCA. The net pens will likely be .... http://tdn.com/lifestyles/cowlitz-river-...19bb2963f4.html