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Washington Department, of Wildlife 



WDW preserves, protects, and perpetuates Washington's wildlife resource, while 

 providing maximum recreational opportunity (WDW 1991b). WDW manages 

 Washington's game and sport fish (including steelhead and trout). The agency 

 is responsible to the Washington Wildlife Commission, which represents 

 citizens with an interest in sport fiBhing and wildlife in various regions of 

 the State. The Director is appointed by the Governor. 



fisheries Management Division 



The Division produces annual pie-season sport fishing regulations for winter 

 and summer run steelhead trout, sea-run cutthroat trout, and resident game 

 fish. Winter steelhead terminal commercial harvest is managed jointly with 

 the Quinault Nation to allow equal catch by Indian and non-Indian fisheries. 



WDW conducts routine steelhead spawning ground surveys, sees that commercial 

 catch of this species is properly recorded and reported, participates in 

 planning forums, and develops and manages cooperative rearing projects. WDW 

 divides the Basin into two river systems, the Humptulips and Chehalis, for 

 estimating commercial catch and hatchery escapement, but divides the Basin 

 into 15 separate river systems in estimating sport catch and wild escapement. 



Steelhead Culture 



WDW '8 only hatchery in the Basin is at Lake Aberdeen. WDW also Bhares in the 

 cost of steelhead production at the Mayr Brothers Hatchery on the Wishkah and 

 at the WDF Humptulips Hatchery. In addition, PPfcL, in coordination with WDW, 

 operates an adult steelhead trap at the Skookumchuck Dam. Progeny are reared 

 to smolts in a rearing pond at the base of the dam and released volitionally 

 each spring. WDW also supports a number of cooperative rearing projects. 



Washington Department of Ecology 



WDOE is responsible for water resource development and water quality 

 management as well as other environmental programs throughout the State of 

 Washington. Its Director is appointed by the Governor but receives advice and 

 guidance from the Ecological Commission. The agency is funded by direct 

 appropriation from the state's general fund as well as numerous dedicated 

 sources and federal grants. 



WDOE is divided into Offices, Programs, and Sections on the state level, with 



many parallel sections at the regional level. Five parts of the agency deal 



in some way with fish habitat in the Chehalis Basin which is in WDOE's 

 Southwest Region. 



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