According to the biologists, the rainbow trout in the cedar river are genetically identical to the steelhead. They just don't migrate to the salt. That population collapsed a few years after it was closed. I think they have given up on the steelhead in the cedar. A couple redds and less than half a dozen fish counted and its pretty much over.

And until the Puget Sound Steelhead plan is done in a few years, there is no funds or direction to do anything.