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Earlier this year, NOAA scientist Barry Berejikian (see "In the Spotlight", below) received funding to expand LLTK's Hamma Hamma Winter Steelhead project throughout Hood Canal. This comes at a time when Puget Sound steelhead are proposed for listing and WDFW is developing a new statewide steelhead management plan. Read more... |
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On June 19th, LLTK helped to sponsor a benefit for the Nisqually River Foundation (NRF), celebrating the release of the Nisqually Watershed Stewardship Plan. |
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21st Century Salmon and Steelhead Initiative The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) four-year effort to transform the agency into a model for 21st Century salmonid management is well underway. In January of 2006, LLTK began facilitating the 21st Century Salmon and Steelhead Initiative. Read more... Mid-Columbia Hatchery Review In 2005, LLTK was asked by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to help it apply the principles and recommendations resulting from the Puget Sound and Coastal Washington Hatchery Reform Project to a review of all USFWS hatcheries on the Columbia River. Read more... |
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On June 28, LLTK’s administrative staff left Seattle for our Lilliwaup Hatchery on Hood Canal to assist hatchery staff with annual maintenance and improvements to the facility. Read more... Wishkah Road Paving Complete For years, run-off from Wishkah Road has contributed to severe sediment loading and deteriorated salmon habitat in the Wishkah River. In June paving and other improvements were finally complete, promising to reduce sedimentation. Read more... Hatchery Wish List - Lilliwaup A great way to support LLTK is to make a gift of much-needed equipment and/or supplies to one of our three hatchery facilities. Follow this link to view a list of items currently needed at our Lilliwaup Hatchery. |
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LLTK Bids Farewell to Michael Kern Michael Kern, LLTK Project Director since 1999, and primary facilitator for the Hatchery Reform Project, has moved on to become the Director of the Wilderness Society's new North Cascades Initiative. We wish him the best of luck in his new role! Inquiries about the Hatchery Reform Project should be directed to Project Assistant Bill Masters at 206-382-9555 ext. 24 or bmasters@lltk.org. |
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Barry Berejikian is Principal Investigator for the Hood Canal Steelhead Project (see article above). Barry has been a Research Fisheries Biologist for the Salmon Enhancement Program at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center since 1995. The objective of Barry's work is to develop effective rearing and release strategies for Pacific salmon and steelhead in order to maximize productivity of cultured populations and reduce negative ecological interactions with wild populations. Currently Barry is conducting research to improve the reproductive performance of salmon and steelhead reared to adulthood in captivity and released for natural spawning in their natal streams. As PI for the Hood Canal Steelhead Project, Barry has secured start-up funding to plan and initiate this long-term supplementation experiment of steelhead in Hood Canal. The watershed-scale study of populations influenced by hatchery operations was developed in response to conclusions by the Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s Recovery Science Review Panel and the Northwest Power Planning Council’s Independent Science Advisory Board that further research on the effects of hatcheries on natural fish from a population perspective, including treatment and control streams, is needed. Barry suggested Hood Canal in part because of the success that had been shown by LLTK’s Hamma Hamma Winter Steelhead Project, and because the Canal presents an ideal environment in which to conduct a controlled, watershed-scale study. For more information about Barry and his work, visit www.nwfsc.noaa.gov. |
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