Wild Steelhead need to be protected at all costs, they seem to be the most fragile stock in Puget Sound rivers, but balancing conservation with a directed fishery on hatchery plants is important too.

I thought WDFW already made up their mind that they would plant hatchery fish in rivers where the hatchery had an excellent collection facility, ie Wallace, Reiter, Tokul, NF Stilly.

Everyone has the "Not In My Backyard" mentality when offering up no hatchery zones, but realistically let's give Wild Steelhead a chance everywhere and only plant fish where they can be either harvested or collected efficiently.

Wild Gene Banks: Nisqually, Puyallup, White, Tolt, Raging, Sultan, NF/SF Sky, Pilchuck, SF Stilly, Sauk, Nooksack. But I thought that was their plan since they decided to screw Steelhead fishermen back in 2008?