I, too, have sent an Email in support of the gauge being kept alive (though I must admit to not planning my weekend fishing trips around the readings). I made the point that there's a safety issue here, too, as the drive to Forks can be hazardous in the winter. Any vehicles on the road that wouldn't be there if better information was available put lives at risk. (No response to date.)

Two questions: (a) What does it cost to keep the gage running for one year? and (b) Are the parties that benefit most from the gauge's operation (presumably sports fishermen, other river users and selected businesse in the Forks area) willing to share the financial burden?

Better yet, why not put the gauge on a pay-per-view basis -- $1 on your Visa card to take a look? (The actual price could be calibrated based on the average number of views today vs. total cost of running the gauge.) The web technology is available to do this (e.g. through Pay2See and others). Then at the end of the year, those people or groups who donated money up front to support the Hoh gauge would be rebated a prorata portion of the money collected from the viewers. (Heck, it could even turn into a money-making proposition . . . OK, maybe not, but the principle of 'the user pays' shouldn't be too controversial.)