So for me the answer to your original post on this subject "why further spread hatchery fish in the basin" comes from some of the eagle creek history on there web page. "to reintroduce salmon into Eagle Creek. The creek outlet was blocked by a county dike and beaver dams. The groups constructed a single rearing pond on the Creek supplied by two incubators which could accept around 135K eggs."

at the time Wallace stock was the closest to native that was available (mostly integrated hatchery/wild stock) so the choice was made.

Now it is a PR win for the wdfw as well as an education opportunity for adults, with a low risk of messing up the wild population. not a perfect answer... but a good balance. is it a scared cow, no. if a problem arises it can get cut. should it grow production... maybe not but it will never reach the level of Tulalip. so it will have less of a chance of becoming a problem.

my answer to your question is if they can get the money it most likely will not hurt. Should we start a bunch more like it? no.