September 12th, 2011 --
The Chinook are returning to our Glenwood Springs Hatchery! To-date, over 1,300 Chinook have made their way back from the ocean and into our hatchery, and there are many more jumping in the bay, preparing to climb the ladder.
September 1st, 2011 --
Long Live the Kings will celebrate its 25th year of restoring wild salmon and steelhead and supporting sustainable fishing with a public salmon homecoming open house at Glenwood Springs—our original, natural-rearing salmon hatchery on Orcas Island—on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
July 5th, 2011 --
LLTK is pleased to announce that Michael Schmidt, Director of Fish Programs, has been selected to be a member of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Hatchery Action Advisory Group.
June 22nd, 2011 --
Spring of 2011 brought mass-marking and coded wire tagging to Glenwood Springs. The goal of our Glenwood Springs program is to provide opportunities for northern Puget Sound sport fisheries that are consistent with wild fish recovery. To help accomplish that goal, we “mark” the fish produced at the Glenwood facility by removing the adipose fin on the back of the fish so hatchery origin fish can be identified and kept in the fishery while wild fish are released.
December 6th, 2010 --
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has concluded a five-year (2005-2010), science-based review of its 24 salmon hatcheries in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
