WDFW Designates The Last of the Wild Steelhead Gene Bank rivers For The Lower Columbia River
03/16/2016 – John Snyder – NWFN OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will no longer release hatchery-reared steelhead in the Grays River to help preserve the wild steelhead population near the mouth of the Columbia River. The Chinook River, which flows into the Columbia 15 miles farther downstream, will also …