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it's a bit odd, because the link is to the 2025-7 senate operating budget proposal, but the years haven't been updated in the section referenced by IHFISH...it refers to 2024-2025 biennium....might want to confirm that they actually intend the funding to continue...

yes, in the lower Columbia region, anglers have attended trainings and received sampling kits to collect wild steelhead scales while participating in open fisheries for the last few years. These scales have in turn been used in life cycle modeling analyses and fishery permitting.

In short “no” they are not genetically identical, but probably all do still meet a few classical definitions of being members of the same species (can breed with each other and produce viable offspring; are more similar to each other than to members of any other species)

A young WDFW biologist, Erin Peterson, a mother of two, died in a tragic accident while snorkeling the Wind River to count summer steelhead this fall. I had the privilege of working with Erin and she was a brilliant scientist and the kind of person who brings out the best in everyone she...

I think one of the biggest challenges a lot of the orgs (and the managers) face is great intentions combined with a complete lack of understanding of the relationship between the rules they propose and the effects of those rules on the outcomes they care about. Of course exact effects cannot be...

7125 burkheimer…light enough to enjoy 12” trout…heavy enough to land 17lb steelhead and throw 12’ of T-17…thoughts rob?

Nice summary SalmoG…one addition: I’d note that a wild population being mined to support a broodstock hatchery need not have a surplus to completely replace all wild fish taken for brood because some of the hatchery fish produced that return and spawn jn the wild will produce wild fish and...

See link. WDFW looking for volunteers to assist with scale sampling in lower Columbia region.