We have been doping habitat since listing commenced. We absolutely must fix it.

BUT, fixing the habitat is going to do nothing to help the SRKW now. Take out a dam. Fish spawn above it. It is 3-4 years before those fish (Chinook) return. And it will take a while for the river above the dam to stabilize and regrow a riparian zone so fish can flourish. Habitat restoration is a long-term process just to fund and do (and get permits for) and then it has to improve so fish can use it. All this time, the SRKW's continue to starve and abort.

We have gotten into a really deep hole and digging out of it will be difficult. It's nice that everybody's singing the same song but it's not gonna work unless some very significant changes are made in fisheries, some very significant amounts of money are put into habitat today, and work gets done.

Shoot, WA is arguing to the Supremes that we don't need to fix the culverts. And that is one small piece.