Yes logging is happening allover the peninsula, but one thing we need to look at is the fish have a nice cozy ecosystem that hasn't and will not change. This place is called Olympic National Park, A great place to pass on thier genes.
People blame tribal nets for the decline on the Humptulips,that is far from the truth.The last that I talked to someone thier was only person fishing this river.
Take a drive up Donkey Creek Road or The Promised Land. I think this will give everyone a clue to why the Humptulips sister rivers to the north are doing so much better,they have the Park to spawn in. It is kind of hard to spawn in the light brown muck caused by corporate greed. Logging companies have known for years before any of us were born what they were doing to the fish. Shake mills would fill in the tributaries with cedar waste. A person could go on and on about the things our fathers and grandfathers did to help the cause and yes my relatives were part of this. I have lived on the peninsula all my life and I talk to the oldtimers and they feel very guilty. Historically the natives got to fish very little,look up some history that is why we have a thing called the Bolt decision. So I dont think tribal netting is an issue here just another excuse in the long list. Yes our grandfathers also built a pyramid to the gods called a DAM. But we must remenmber that dams are not a pyramid and they can and will be torn down. The baby boomers are not going to be running the show in WASH D.C. forever,and Slade Gorton will be gone soon, and we will say that Slade guy he saved the Mariners but he couldent save the salmon.
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