I think CCA means well, but could benefit immensely from better direction. Some folks are just fine with any increase in fish production without analyzing the effects. Consider that LCR wild tule chinook are ESA listed, and fishing for hatchery tules is constrained by ESA limits. Consider that the preponderance of Cowlitz tule chinook contribute to Canadian and WA ocean troll and sport harvests and very little to LCR and Cowlitz River terminal sport fisheries. Consider that tule chinook by the time they cross the bar at B-10 are poor to unacceptable table fare by people who like salmon as food. Consider that Cowlitz tule chinook ranked below spring chinook, coho, summer steelhead, winter steelhead, and cutthroat trout for Cowlitz hatchery funding. So now there will be 2 million more of the lowest priority fish returning to the Cowlitz. Oh, and for those who don't think wild salmon are a bad idea, wild Cowlitz tule fall chinook are on the upswing spawning upstream of Mayfield Dam in the lower Tilton and along parts of the reservoir shoreline. And I'm not anti-CCA; I still pay dues.

Sg