Overview

LLTK's first landscape hatchery sets precedent for natural-rearing 

From 1986 to 2007, Long Live the Kings was responsible for managing and operating the State-owned Wishkah River Salmon Hatchery (formerly Mayr Brothers Ponds). LLTK's Wishkah staff worked closely with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and other community partners over two decades to support wild salmon recovery, pioneer natural fish-rearing techniques, and maintain a popular Grays Harbor fishery.

LLTK determined in 2006 that the time was right to hand operation of the facility back to the State of Washington. June 2007 marked the end of our tenure managing Wishkah's salmon recovery programs.

LLTK is grateful for the support of the many community partners and volunteers who have helped to make Wishkah's salmon recovery, habitat restoration, and community education programs a success.

For more information about LLTK's management of Wishkah and the programs we operated there, please contact LLTK's Director of Fish Programs Michael Schmidt at (206) 382-9555, ext. 27, or