On May 19th, a Circuit Court Judge ordered the Rock Creek Hatchery, on Oregon’s famed North Umpqua River, to “voluntarily release” 70,000 hatchery summer steelhead smolts. The North Umpqua is one of those famed wild steelhead rivers that you’ve likely heard lots about. Its runs of wild winter steelhead–when no stocking occurs–have held fairly consistent … Continue reading Court Orders Hatchery Release Smolts into North Umpqua