Entiat National Fish Hatchery
Pacific Region
 

Historic photo of Foster-Lucas ponds at Entiat National Fish Hatchery - Photo: USFWSEntiat NFH was authorized to be built in 1939 by the Grand Coulee Fish Maintenance Project on April 3, 1937. The hatchery was constructed on 37 acres of land by the Bureau of Reclamation as one of the fish mitigation facilities for Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Project.

Fish culture work began in 1941. At that time the hatchery consisted of a water intake structure on the Entiat River, pipelines, a screen chamber, hatchery building, mixing chamber, domestic water system, four residences, eight large and four small fish rearing ponds designed by engineers by the names of Foster and Lucas. The initial operating plan for the Entiat NFH called for adult salmon and steelhead to be trapped at Rock Island Dam and hauled to the hatchery for holding and spawning.

The hatchery was substantially reconstructed in 1979, which included the replacement of the Foster-Lucas rearing ponds with thirty 8’ x 80’ raceways, adult holding ponds, fish ladder, screen chamber and mixing chamber, and a generator building. Following this upgrading of the facility, the primary species raised has been the spring Chinook salmon. S

 
Chinook Salmon - Photo: USFWS
 
Coho Salmon - Photo: NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center
 
Rainbow Trout - Photo: USFWS
 
Pacific Lamprey - Photo: USFWS
 
Bull Trout - Photo: USFWS
 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Zebra Mussels - Photo: USGS


Last updated: May 27, 2009

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