WDFW

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.

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 17th, 2010 -- From 2005-2008, LLTK partnered with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to create a new internal decision-making framework designed to help WDFW more effectively and efficiently direct its salmon management activities. In this new video, WDFW leadership describe how going through the 21st Century Salmon and Steelhead planning process has helped to identify their priorities and synchronize their actions in the interest of recovering wild salmon and supporting sustainable fisheries.

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.