[TrouterTU]

Join us for a post dam removal Elwha River update with Trout Unlimited's Wild Steelhead Initiative's Science Director, John McMillan, from blast to present!

This will be a fun evening with a lighthearted fly tying competition, prizes, heavy appetizers, no host beverages and a raffle with proceeds going to support coldwater conservation.

Bring a friend--you don't want to miss this!

Learn more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/309816126549439/

 

[Steelhead]

I would love to go but Shelton

 

[gt]

yeah, how about PA???

 

[Mike from the Midwest]

I would have gone also. Poor choice of venues.

 

[DeadandBloated]

I would have gone also. Poor choice of venues.

must have been in the fine print of the Boldt Decision...

 

[Jim Wallace]

I might go to that. Its not too far from the coast. PA would be too far for me.

 

[IEFBR14]

Did anybody go?

 

[YRHTU 090]

Great weekend of conservation discussions, workshops, and more with TU members from all across the western US.

 

[Ron McNeal]

Did anybody go?

Yep...........

 

[IEFBR14]

Yep...........

Any news on a possible opening of the river or if there's a chance it remains closed permanently?

 

[Porter]

I think a hiking only area for a while would be okay Let the river have some fishing peace for a time. Let the salmon and steelhead have peace for a while. Or at least peace from humans.

 

[Ron McNeal]

Any news on a possible opening of the river or if there's a chance it remains closed permanently?

Sorry, I was at the Rendezvous, but didn't go to McMillan's presentation, and I have no idea if he addressed that question...... or if it came up...... and you'd think it was asked......

FWIW, in the last 2-3 years, whenever I've asked that question of someone you'd think might know something (TU staff on the Peninsula, WDFW Bio's, seemingly "connected" locals and the like), shrugged shoulders and "Who knows" is about all I've ever received for an answer...... Someone here (a tough, rugged, steelheader) probably knows something, but me.... not a clue....

 

[Ron McNeal]

I think a hiking only area for a while would be okay Let the river have some fishing peace for a time. Let the salmon and steelhead have peace for a while. Or at least peace from humans.

Great idea. Some of that water in and above Rica Canyon, up to those deep, deep pools at Goblins Gate and then up to the Humes Ranch are just mesmerizingly (I think that's a word..) beautiful. Worth a hike just to look at the water. Especially worth it when those big guys show up in August. Sublime...

 

[gone johnson]

I think a hiking only area for a while would be okay Let the river have some fishing peace for a time. Let the salmon and steelhead have peace for a while. Or at least peace from humans.

Is there a biological reason for your thinking?

 

[Last Action Freddie]

Is there a plan to fix the road that’s out 6 (?) miles from trailhead?

 

[Porter]

Is there a biological reason for your thinking?

Not one iota.

 

[IEFBR14]

Is there a plan to fix the road that's out 6 (?) miles from trailhead?

I have read that they are considering several options, one of which includes re-routing the road up higher on the ridge.

This link is from 2018 but it probably is current just the same:

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/n...-for-long-term-road-solution-in-elwha-valley/