Wild Fish Conservancy has recently announced a major win for their organization. Their efforts have altered our Puget Sound river fisheries for at least the next few years, as a recent settlement has forced the WDFW to stop the planting of hatchery steelhead in all of our Puget Sound rivers (Skykomish River excluded). Whether you live in Blaine, Bellingham, Tacoma or Seattle... your only option will soon be just outside of Monroe to get your steelhead fix. So forget fishing for steelhead in a few years folks... it ain't gonna be available.

Now that the dust has settled from the recent restraining order settlement (the settlement that has cost us every hatchery steelhead fishery aside from the Skykomish in coming years)... now it appears they have found a new battle to wage... fighting WDFW & King County.

King County approved and issued a Shorelines Development Permit to WDFW for major updates and upgrades to the Tokul Creek Hatchery in Fall City, WFC is appealing the permit, trying to get it pulled. $3 million in retrofits to the facility are now hinging on whether King County will accept the appeal and whether WDFW plans on spending the time/money/effort to fight them.

Check out the details at Rebuild of 113 Year Old Fish Hatchery Challenged
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