Shrinking Mitchell Act Funds, Rising Costs Means Less Fish Releases For Some Columbia Hatcheries

A combination of federal budget cuts and higher operating costs have forced the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to reduce salmon and steelhead production at three of its lower Columbia River fish hatchery facilities and plant juvenile coho salmon into a regional lake this fall.

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