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Carson National Fish Hatchery Station Facts Total FY 2014 budget = $677,000 Originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938 Located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the Wind River Active Information and Education Program including volunteer program through Hatchery Hosts 5 full-time employees Located in WA Congressional District 3 Contact Information Station Manager: Larry Zeigenfuss Phone: 509/427-5905 Fax: 509/427-4238 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.fws.gov/gorgefish/ Directions: We are located 12 miles north of Carson. 14041 Wind River Highway, Carson WA Who We Are The National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) is comprised of a network of 71 National Fish Hatcheries which propagate imperiled species for restoration and recovery programs, provide emergency refugia for species whose habitat is threatened, provide fish to benefit Tribes, and mitigate for federal water projects. How We Help Carson National Fish Hatchery produces 1.47 million spring Chinook smolts annually, including 250,000 smolts for tribal efforts to restore salmon to the Walla Walla River basin. The hatchery helps mitigate for fish losses in the Columbia River basin due to the impacts of main stem hydropower, and contributes to important tribal ceremonial/subsistence fisheries as well as non-tribal sport fisheries. Tribal Trust Responsibilities Spring Chinook are produced to assist with tribal restoration efforts in the Walla Walla River Basin. This program has the goal of producing a naturally spawning, self-sustaining population of spring Chinook salmon. Water safety Carson NFH Cycle of Life Smolts are released into the Wind Spring: River in April. The holding ponds are cleaned and the fish ladder is opened. Adults return to the hatchery in May and June. : Adults are sorted and spawned. Summer Fertilized eggs are taken to the hatchery building to incubate. Spawned adults are sampled for diseases and coded wire tags are recovered. Summer is the best time to come to the hatchery to see adult fish. : Eggs are selected, counted and treated Fall to prevent diseases. The eggs hatch in October after two months of incubation. The previous year's fry are marked and tagged. : The fry are transfered from the Winter hatchery building to the outdoor raceways after they have absorbed their yolk and are eating artificial feed. Snow is plowed and hot chocolate is consumed. Collecting eggs from Chinook female Cheri Anderson, USFWS Larry Zeigenfuss, USFWS Cheri Anderson, USFWS Larry Zeigenfuss, USFWS
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CarsonNational Fish Hatchery
Station Facts
Total FY 2014 budget = $677,000Originally built by the CivilianConservation Corps in 1938Located in the Gifford PinchotNational Forest on the Wind RiverActive Information and EducationProgram including volunteerprogram through Hatchery Hosts5 full-time employeesLocated in WA CongressionalDistrict 3
Contact InformationStation Manager: Larry Zeigenfuss
Phone: 509/427-5905
Fax: 509/427-4238
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fws.gov/gorgefish/
Directions:
We are located 12 miles north ofCarson. 14041 Wind River Highway,Carson WA
Who We AreThe National Fish Hatchery System(NFHS) is comprised of a network of 71National Fish Hatcheries which propagateimperiled species for restoration andrecovery programs, provide emergencyrefugia for species whose habitat isthreatened, provide fish to benefit Tribes,and mitigate for federal water projects.
How We HelpCarson National Fish Hatchery produces1.47 million spring Chinook smolts annually,including 250,000 smolts for tribal efforts torestore salmon to the Walla Walla Riverbasin. The hatchery helps mitigate for fishlosses in the Columbia River basin due to theimpacts of main stem hydropower,and contributes to important tribalceremonial/subsistence fisheries as well asnon-tribal sport fisheries.
Tribal Trust ResponsibilitiesSpring Chinook are produced to assistwith tribal restoration efforts in the WallaWalla River Basin. This program hasthe goal of producing a naturally spawning,self-sustaining population of spring Chinooksalmon.
Water safety
Carson NFH Cycle of Life Smolts are released into the WindSpring:
River in April. The holding ponds arecleaned and the fish ladder is opened. Adultsreturn to the hatchery in May and June.
: Adults are sorted and spawned. SummerFertilized eggs are taken to the hatcherybuilding to incubate. Spawned adults aresampled for diseases and coded wire tags arerecovered. Summer is the best time to cometo the hatchery to see adult fish.
: Eggs are selected, counted and treatedFallto prevent diseases. The eggs hatch inOctober after two months of incubation. Theprevious year's fry are marked and tagged.
: The fry are transfered from theWinterhatchery building to the outdoor racewaysafter they have absorbed their yolk and areeating artificial feed. Snow is plowed andhot chocolate is consumed.
Collecting eggs from Chinook female
Cheri Anderson, USFWS
Larry Zeigenfuss, USFWS
Cheri Anderson, USFWS
Larry Zeigenfuss, USFWS
