The WDFW wanted to eliminate Reiter ponds on the Sky also. They produce summer eggs for all of the east puget sound rivers,From the Skagit to the Green. The cost was only around 100,000 dollars. Seems like a good buy for all the fishing and recreation they produced. However we got together and wrot letters,E-mailed and phoned everyone connected with this program, legs. comm. sens. wdfw and was generally a pain in the A@# to all concerned. Eventually we got our funding.

One biologist told us that the hatchry programs are rec. driven and if it wasn't being used then they cut it. We let them know we used it and got results. If need be get on them about the summer program. let me know where to send my leters etc. I'll help in anyway I can.

Ron Bob