Steelhead Populations in Kitsap
The Kitsap Sun published a story looking at the Kitsap steelhead population, based on the recently issued steelhead management plan guidelines released by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. From…
Students tour Stilly Fish Hatchery
The Arlington Times reports on student tours at the Stillaguamish Hatchery:
Kip Killebrew, fish enhancement biologist with the hatchery, showed the students how harvested eggs and sperm are combined in the hatchery’s trays to fertilize the eggs.
Volunteers Rediscover A Late Coho Salmon Run
YELM (March 18, 2005) – Volunteer salmon watchers rediscovered a run of late coho salmon that hadn’t been seen in the Nisqually River for more than a decade.
In late January volunteer salmon watchers started seeing dozens of coho salmon in Nisqually River tributaries, much later than normal. “On some of these streams, volunteers have gone out diligently for months and had hardly seen any salmon,” said Jeanette Dorner, salmon recovery manger for the Nisqually Tribe. “We asked them to keep looking for a few more weeks, and all of a sudden they started seeing coho.”
Stream Walkers: Hoh Tribal Staff Take Annual Tally Of Spawning Salmon
HOH (June 24, 2002) -- One of the most productive coho streams in the Hoh River system runs next to one of the most popular hiking trails in the world.…