The whopper of whoppers...

That salmon conservation efforts on the part of the Home Team would pay future dividends in helping to bring the fish back home. That the folks making the sacrifices to be better stewards of the spawning/rearing habitat, the folks doing nutrient enhancement, the restraint shown by JoeQ fisherman to help WDFW make escapement goals would help to produce that next generation MEGA-run.

And there lies the essence of THE BIG LIE.

All that effort, all that sacrifice... for what?

To line the pockets of distant northern intercept fisheries that are reaping the lion's share of the benefits of conservation/restoration efforts here at home in the Great PNW.

We've all known about it for the past decade.... and more than a few (myself included) have b!tched about it on this board over the years. But what to do? We all ultimately shrug our shoulders with a defeatist "Oh well...."
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WELL.....

All of that is about to change.