Another couple of cautionary tales from a state who stakes claim to ostensibly some of the best and brightest in business, management of natural resources, community development and management, and woke progressivism.
The Chehalis Closed to all Fishing on the 16th Due to Low Steelhead Returns
Read the full closure notice here; yet more evidence of the overall continued decline in PNW steelhead returns while management policies flounder to invoke a unified, effective management strategy.
Will Flood Protections (Read Dam) Impact Chehalis Salmon Restoration?
Most likely, read a piece in Crosscut here covering the issue, including a fairly detailed look at restoration efforts undertaken thus far. The $600+ million dam (some project with typical overruns it’ll reach close to $1 billion) proposed for flood protection on the Chehalis, which has flooded 18 of the last 20 years per the article, would of course significantly impact salmon runs and their spawn. This will be an interesting story to follow…
