Thanks for saying that Salmo. I oversaw a culvert replacement that opened 10 miles of (primarily chum) habitat. Low gradient, so what coho are in there would do well. Close to 100% chum block. WDFW would like to LOWER the whole watershed goal.

Culverts were chosen, I believe, because as Salmo says they were easily quantifiable and the fix takes little away from anybody. Stream still flows down the channel, road still crosses it, and so on. Nobody loses, except the taxpayer who foots the bill for the few real actual fish added.

Makes good talking points, though.