Wild Fish In Gene Banks, Hatchery Fish In Elwha — Why The Two-Headed Strategy?

Monday, March 17, 2014 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Environment, elwha river dam removal, hatcheries, hatchery fish vs wild fish

 

Washington state has banned hatchery-raised steelhead from three tributaries of the Upper Columbia River basin. The aim of these so-called "gene banks" is to maintain strongholds for wild fish, and the state plans to designate additional gene banks in the future.

Here's the $64,000 $16,000,000 question.

So why were the state and federal governments back in court this week, defending the decision to place a new hatchery on the Elwha River as part of the dam removal process?

LINK (via: KPLU)

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