Under Court Settlement WDFW Ceases Hatchery Steelhead Plantings In All Puget Sound Rivers Except One
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wild Fish Conservancy announced last week the federal court approval of a jointly submitted “consent decree” that calls for a cessation of so-called “Chambers Creek” hatchery steelhead into Puget Sound tributaries over the next 2½ years, with a lone exception, the Skykomish River.