[fredaevans]

Found this link on another board; interesting read.

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/feds_may_cut_columbia_basin_ha.html

 

[ak_powder_monkey]

about time

 

[Flyborg]

I've been seeing this coming, but I wonder how many of those hatcheries will just re-open once the economy turns around. The timing of our governments sudden environmental concern seems to coincide entirely with budget deficits.

 

[Andrew Pope]

The timing of our governments sudden environmental concern seems to coincide entirely with budget deficits.

Unfortunately you're statement is completely correct. If hatcheries are closed, what will happen when people cry foul for not being able to keep fish for the foreseeable future? I'm not saying I support hatcheries, I'm saying the general public needs to be better educated about the damage the hatcheries do. When I first started learning about anadromous fish, I assumed hatcheries were beneficial.. I'm afraid most people still look at them this way.

 

[Chris Johnson]

There is tons of info on this subject, we need to get it out there! nativefishsociety.org