The Chehalis Tribe has been in negotiations with WDFW on fishing and hunting issues for many years and they have collected their own data on all the Tribally caught fish and wether or not they are hatchery or wild. They actually have WDFW staff in their fish house during every Coho opening during the fall fisheries. The tribe has been trying to get WDFW to meet and actually co-manage the resource rather than just give them a number decided by the QIN and them in a closed door meeting. The Tribe only has one card that it can play to force a meeting and discussions since WDFW doesn't seem to want to cooperate and that is to withhold some data in hope that WDFW will come to the table to actually negotiate a way for the Tribe and other user groups to be considered and included in co-managing all of our resources. I can see you have frustrations with these fishery issues and I understand why. The Tribe has decided to take a stand and be heard rather than just taking what the WDFW and QIN decide to give them and manage without their input. The Chehalis Tribe also allows WDFW staff to operated it's smolt trap on Tribal property near Independence Creek. They have tried cooperating and it got them nowhere so here we are trying to gather other concerned citizens and users of this resource to take action and meet to try and come up with a unified strategy to force the hand of the WDFW or someone in power to regulate or manage the resource with conservation in mind. The Chehalis Tribe has called for a commercial conservation closure on the Chehalis River due to low escapement projections. The Chehalis Tribe is very conservation minded and would like find others that share their opinion and desire to work through this tough situation without giving up because it is hard or unpleasant, the purpose of this meeting is to find out how may folks feel the same way and are willing to be counted and want to be heard it is an election year after all and politicians might want to help protect these fish as much as we all do but they were unaware of the mess in Chehalis Fisheries management. We can inform more people together rather than seperate. Thank you for your interest in this topic hopefully you now fully understand some of the issues but if you have anymore questions I would be glad to try and answer them as best I can. Feel free to e-mail me personally or call .Andy