Hatchery workers became aware of a failure in a rotating screen system and rubber gasket meant to retain fish within a rearing pond when they lowered the water level in late January to collect fish for transport to Cottonwood Acclimation Pond on the Grande Ronde River.
The public will not have access to visitor services, including restrooms and access to drinking water. Tours are not being conducted, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Inslee’s about-face on his mandates follows decisions in several other states to end restrictions. It also comes as much of Eastern Washington ignores his orders.
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