Orcas Island

December 16th, 2011 -- [This article was originally published in the Island Sounder] The San Juan Islands Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers donated the

December 7th, 2011 -- The latest updates and news about our programs at Glenwood Springs Hatchery on Orcas Island.

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.

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.

April 10th, 2011 -- Dear Friends of Glenwood Springs Chinook-- It was a banner year for Glenwood Chinook! In 2010, the King of Fish returned in great numbers to our Glenwood Springs hatchery. More than 700 Chinook made their way through East Sound to the bayside facility where they were born. This arrival of big, healthy, adult Chinook ended a six-year drought of dismal returns.

October 22nd, 2010 -- With critical funding in jeopardy, we need you to send a letter to WDFW today to voice your support for LLTK's Glenwood Springs fall Chinook program. See below for sample text and email addresses for key WDFW staff and decision-makers.

September 25th, 2010 -- LLTK's Glenwood Springs Hatchery has been the subject of two recent Islands' Sounder articles:

Long Live The Salmon: King Salmon Returning In Greater Numbers To Orcas Island Hatchery

Orcas Hatchery Shares Salmon With Food Bank And School

May 14th, 2010 -- Glenwood Springs Hatchery provides sport and commercial fishing opportunities in northern Puget Sound and southern Georgia Strait through its Chinook and coho programs. Marking and tagging these fish is a key operational aspect of Glenwood Hatchery. We began our 2010 marking and tagging season in late April and will continue through mid-May.

May 14th, 2010 -- For the past three years, a partnership between the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Moran State Park, and Long Live the Kings (LLTK) has aimed to introduce a new stock of hatchery-reared kokanee to Orcas Island's Cascade Lake.

February 4th, 2010 -- Glenwood Springs Hatchery Manager Mike O’Connell is helping to provide Orcas Island students and residents firsthand experience with salmon recovery.