265 



MAX KATZ 

 sometimes they say seriously injured, there are many 

 colorful adjectives applied, by the pulping wastes in 

 Port Gardner. Let us compare the catches of the Snohomish 

 system with that of the unpolluted Skagit system, which 

 is regarded as the most productive steelhead stream in 

 the State. These data are from the Washington State 

 Department of Game statistical reports. 



I don't know that we need the lights off. 

 (Slide MK-1) 



There it is. The solid line is the polluted 

 Snohomish systero--or is it?--yes--no--well, it is a little 

 bit confused there (laughter) --and the dotted line is the 

 Skagit system. These are Washington State Department of 

 Game . 



Now, we take a look at that data. One 

 river is seriously polluted, the other river is not 

 polluted, and there the curves climb up together and 

 intertwine beautifully. This is evidence, of course, 

 that the pulp mills are killing all the steelhead in the 

 Snohomish River system. 



It is hard to conclude from this chart that 

 the Snohomish system steelhead are being harmed by pulping 

 wastes. These curves can be correlated only with the 

 number of steelhead migrants that the State Department of 



