Agreed, the returns to Voight were pathetic.
I think one year they got like 9 fish back on a plant of 150K or so.
I believe the tribes run a hatchery broodstock program on the White River.

Having a early run of hatchery fish again on the Cowlitz would be nice to see again it the future.
That would take pressure off a lot of other systems and increase winter steelhead hatchery harvest opportunities.
I doubt it will happen but I thought there was talk about something like that in the past.
With the barrier dam in place, I can’t think of a better place to insure that hatchery fish can be separated from whatever they are trying to accomplish with the later returning fish.
SF