Hood Canal

December 13th, 2011 -- [This article was originally published in the Kitsap Sun] OLYMPIA — Restoration of the Dosewallips River estuary on the west side of Hood Canal continues next year with a $506,000 grant approved by the state's Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

December 7th, 2011 -- The latest updates about our programs based at Lilliwaup Hatchery on Hood Canal.

June 22nd, 2011 -- Redd Surveys, Egg Collection, and Fish Releases: Lilliwaup staff began redd surveys in mid-February on the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma River and then in March on the Little Quilcene. In total, 70 redds (steelhead nests) were counted on the Duckabush, 37 redds on the Hamma, the areas where steelhead population rebuilding efforts are or have taken place.

March 11th, 2011 -- The Hood Canal Steelhead Project (HCSP) is a comprehensive study of wild steelhead supplementation techniques and steelhead life history in streams throughout Hood Canal.

December 2nd, 2010 -- Rick was selected by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council Board of Directors to receive the 2010 Hood Canal Environmental Achievement Award, which is presented annually to people who demonstrate

August 11th, 2010 -- In the second installment of LLTK's virtual Roundtable, participants weigh-in on the subject of salmon recovery in Hood Canal. What will it take for recovery efforts there to be successful and lasting?

March 30th, 2010 -- Dear Friends,

I’m writing to ask for your support in recovering steelhead—the Washington State Fish. At this moment, wild steelhead are in peril statewide, with five different populations listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act. It is essential that we act now to stabilize wild steelhead populations before they disappear entirely.

February 4th, 2010 -- Lilliwaup Hatchery’s summer chum supplementation program, originally scheduled to conclude this February with the final release of adult fish into Lilliwaup Creek, may be extended.

February 2nd, 2010 -- Lilliwaup Hatchery staff are preparing for the 4th field season of the Hood Canal Steelhead Project (HCSP).