Staff
In memoriam, Lloyd Smith will be eternally acknowledged as a member of the hatchery staff. Lloyd worked at the hatchery as a fish culturist for several years before he and his wife Rhonda were lost in a house fire . Quinault NFH works cooperatively with the Quinault Indian Nation’s Tribal Employment Rights Opportunity (TERO) program in hiring tribal members for temporary work. This Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Quinault Nation offers tribal members the opportunity to work at a salmon production facility; experience which mutually benefits the hatchery and the tribal member.
TERO workers Kacheena Allen Bob Edwardsand joe lemieux have worked at the hatchery learning fish culture activities which includes feeding fish, spawning and assiting with various maintenance projects. All have been an asset to the hatchery and excellent stewards of the Quinault Nation’s natural resources
Student volunteers are a mainstay at the hatchery as well. For the first time in 2004 a Junior Fishery Biologist Program was developed through a cooperative effort with the local schools. The first student to participate was Matt Harris who attended Lake Quinault School from Amanda Park, Washington. This program allows for a local high school student to gain hands on experience with fish culture and become familiar with the daily operations of a fish production facility. Matt was selected based on his enthusiasm and personal goals of pursuing higher education in fisheries or environmental studies.
As part of this program Matt was required to conduct special studies pertaining to stream ecology and fish condition factor analysis. The hatchery offers other student volunteer opportunities as well. |
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hatchery employs seven full-time positions. Manager,
