CA, maybe you're being facetious about DFW receiving good legal advice. If you're poking fun, their legal advice has been to avoid confrontation at all costs. This plan clearly hasn't worked out for them.

Reiter rat mentioned the possibility of this spilling over to other hatchery programs. This is exactly what many are assuming will happen. There are indications that as soon as WFC is done with steelhead, they're moving onto the next species. 99% of hatchery programs in Idaho, Oregon and Washington are in the same situation for better or worse.

WFC wants hatcheries gone and they aren't going to stop with steelhead. This is a monumental moment for the future of fishing in the Northwest but most haven't connected the dots yet. The future of angling opportunity likely rides on the outcome of this lawsuit.