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Councilors call for deeper review after state-directed hatchery funding cuts affecting Skamania and nearby rivers
Summary
Councilors asked staff to plan a work session or panel discussion on hatchery funding and wild salmon recovery after receiving a Fish and Wildlife response showing cuts targeted to Skamania and Tootle hatcheries in Southwest Washington.
Councilors directed staff to schedule a future work session to review recent funding cuts to regional hatcheries and to prepare for legislative outreach during the upcoming session.
Councilor Little raised concern that state-directed funding cuts threatened hatchery production that many local families rely on for subsistence and recreation. "A lot of families depend on the sport fisheries here to have healthy salmon that they bring back to their families," Little said, and asked the council to prioritize…
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