On July 26, 2014 the Steelhead Trout Club of Washington filed to intervene in the shoreline permit process for the fish passage improvements at Tokul Creek Hatchery.

The Club is being represented by local law firm Perkins Coie of Seattle.

The Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) has sued the Department over the fish passage improvements planned for Tokul Creek, already permitted , seeking to have the permits overturned on procedural issues. WFC, then Washington Trout, had previous sued WDFW for not having made similar improvements at Tokul Creek.

In addition to the general interests of the club members, the filing cited a vested interest by the Club, in the Tokul Creek Hatchery, by virtue of the fact that the Club provided significant labor in helping to dig some of the original rearing ponds. (Sometimes 87 years of history comes in handy).

The Club has been granted intervener status in the case and discussions are on-going.



Not the most significant suit WFC has brought, but perhaps the most irritating - we have had enough.

I will try to get some documents posted and linked in the next week.