NOFISH that couldn't be further from the truth. A lot of the upper river is rip rapped and can not function properly within its floodplain, and roughly 90%+ of the lower habitat in the "estuary" is diked/rip rapped for agriculture. More recently there has been efforts (primarily by the Stilliguamish Tribe, mind you) to breach some of the relic levies that are no longer providing functionality for ag land and re-inundate the tide marsh in the estuary. Estuarine habitats are CRUCIAL for juvenile survival. Moreover, there are a ton of culverts throughout the basin on its tribs (the main spawning habitats), several of which are currently in process or have already been repaired as a direct result of the States loss to the tribes over the culverts case that has been ongoing. The habitat in the Stilly basin is hurting bad, there's no doubt about that in my mind!