I can totally agree that Salmo has vast knowledge, as I have read many of his posts. We need to look at the big picture of the Cowlitz though. We are attempting to restore the most heavily utilized river in the state when there are dozens of canidates out there. The only reason I can see is so that Tacoma can save some bucks. Can it be all that bad to have a river that is put and take, compared to putting the fish into trucks? Is that more natural? Why don't we put emphasis on a river like the Washougal, whose runs are beat without the dams? Seems we would learn alot more about the natural way to recover fish runs, but hey a pud isnt paying for that hatchery are they? C