As readers of this blog know, I have mixed feelings about hatcheries. Ideally, they would not exist, but we do not live in an ideal world. Seth White, the director of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center, has stared a new Substack (the modern version of a blog) with this announcement: “I recently decided to join the longstanding tradition of academics writing about their research and personal views for lay audiences. I created a Substack called Rising Rivers and the debut article is titled Abundant rivers: What role can hatcheries play in recovering harvestable salmon abundance while protecting wild populations?” I don’t know where he is going with this, but I liked the first post and subscribed.