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The News Tribune: Voights Creek Hatchery in Orting is not on closure list

Post author:eoconnell
Post published:April 26, 2009
Post category:NWIFC Blog

Update from here yesterday.

The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has been opposed to the proposed closure of the Voights Creek hatchery.

I was confused by the news release put out Thursday by the budget negotiators, especially when it came to Voights Creek hatchery, so I asked Rep. Jeannie Darneille, D-Tacoma, chairwoman of one of the House’s 3 appropriations committee if she could clarify it for me.

Her answer is below:
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Puyallup Tribe urges state to save Voights Creek hatchery

Post author:eoconnell
Post published:April 7, 2009
Post category:NWIFC Blog

From the Seattle Times:

Buried deep within the 298 pages of the proposed Senate operating budget for 2009-11 is the possible closure of the Voights Creek Hatchery on the Puyallup River watershed.

The long-standing hatchery in Orting, which has been producing salmon since 1917, pumps out a massive 780,000 yearling coho and 1.6 million hatchery-marked chinook annually.
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People and Salmon: We’re in the same boat

Post author:Billy Frank, Jr.
Post published:January 18, 2008
Post category:Being Frank

"Who comes first? Salmon or the humans?" Minority state house Leader Richard DeBolt asked this important question recently, criticizing salmon protection measures he believes contribute to increased flooding in the region. He’s understandably upset because his community of Chehalis was ravaged by this winter’s floods. Our hearts go out to the thousands of people in western Washington who suffered through some of the worst flooding in decades. Salmon and people are not in a race. There is no first or second place. People and salmon must succeed together.