from WDFW officers, and the sci techs that count the steelhead redds on the rivers.I used to be employeed as a sci tech for WDFW, and used to do the salmon counts on the Samish, and still know who's in charge of Whatcom couny/samish river. They closed all rivers early this year, as Im sure we all know, and last I spoke to anyone about it a month after the rivers were closed they were still far off from their escapement goals in the Skagit system