June 22nd, 2011 -- Redd Surveys, Egg Collection, and Fish Releases: Lilliwaup staff began redd surveys in mid-February on the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma River and then in March on the Little Quilcene. In total, 70 redds (steelhead nests) were counted on the Duckabush, 37 redds on the Hamma, the areas where steelhead population rebuilding efforts are or have taken place.
I’m writing to ask for your support in recovering steelhead—the Washington State Fish. At this moment, wild steelhead are in peril statewide, with five different populations listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act. It is essential that we act now to stabilize wild steelhead populations before they disappear entirely.