Elwha River salmon, steelhead better off without hatcheries
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 12:02AM 
Crosscut has an in depth story regarding the misguided hatchery planned for the Elwha. This piece is a buffed out version of a recent op-ed written by the same authors in the Seattle Times.
Despite all the public interest, decisions on the Elwha recovery plan have been made largely without public input, driven instead by the millions of dollars set aside for a misguided and counterproductive hatchery. Meanwhile, research and monitoring critical in tracking the progress of the recovery remains woefully under funded. The recovery plan claims that hatchery releases will be phased out as wild fish recover in the watershed, yet to date no benchmarks for wild recovery have been set, giving hatchery managers a blank check to continue harmful hatchery programs in perpetuity.
LINK (Via: Crosscut)
Guide and writer Bob Triggs adds his voice in this letter to the editor in the Seattle Times.
Reader Comments (1)
two words....
Boldt Decision
All this talk about wild fish stocks in the Elwha system is great, I'm right there with ya, but I grow weary of this "preaching to the Choir" stuff.
All the articles in the world are NOT going to change anything....
Constructive long term dialog with the folks who are in control is the only answer... and yes, that may very well be like pushing an Edsel with 4 flat tires up a 15% grade.
Impossible...no, but a world class bitch...yep