I thought that I read once in the Statewide Steelhead Management Plan there was only 1 Wild Steelhead Gene Bank established per unique genetic region... cutting plants is bad for fishing, at the same time condensing where fish are planted creates even more crowded terminal zones that kill the experience.

I'm not 100% up to snuff on my science, but would it be too much to ask for a succession from full out plants on retard hatchery fish > to wild broodstock > to full out wild production? I really don't understand why there is all the sudden a huge urgency to make drastic change... unless they want to take the cash & run.