Rebuilding Salmon & Steelhead Populations

LLTK was founded in 1986 on the belief that hatcheries, working in concert with habitat protection and restoration, could be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem for imperiled wild salmon populations. LLTK believes that allowing the needs of wild salmon to steer the design, operation, and evaluation of hatchery programs best serves the goals of wild salmon recovery and sustainable fisheries.

LLTK operates two hatcheries in Puget Sound: one at Glenwood Springs on Orcas Island, and the second at Lilliwaup on Hood Canal. From 1986 to 2007 we operated a third facility on the Wishkah River.  All LLTK hatcheries are centers for salmonid recovery, venues for community involvement, and tools for science and research.

Our Projects

The Hood Canal Steelhead Project

The Hood Canal Steelhead Project is a ground-breaking effort to assess the benefits and risks of hatchery supplementation while attempting to restore threatened steelhead.

Lilliwaup Creek Hatchery

LLTK's facilities at Lilliwaup Creek, just north of the Great Bend of Hood Canal, are an emergency room for imperiled fish and the central rearing location for the Hood Canal Steelhead Project.

Glenwood Springs Hatchery

On a former fruit orchard overlooking Orcas Island's East Sound, Glenwood Springs Salmon Hatchery is the site of something remarkable: the creation of a chinook salmon run where none existed before.

Salish Sea Marine Survival

Salish Sea Marine Survival Project

The Salish Sea Marine Survival Project is a trans-boundary partnership to examine and mitigate the causes of salmon decline in the Salish Sea.