Beginning in the fall of 2009, the Entiat National Fish Hatchery began raising summer Chinook salmon. The program is being initiated with eggs from Wells Fish Hatchery. The goal of the program is to annually release 400,000 smolts from the reproduction of approximately 150 pairs of adult summer Chinook salmon. The migration corridor for released smolts and returning adult fish includes approximately 491 river miles and the Pacific Ocean. The program is intended to function as a segregated program for harvest benefits. Fish from this program are not intended to spawn naturally and are not intended to establish, supplement, or support any summer Chinook salmon populations occurring in the natural environment.

Visit our Returns page to find out how many fish have returned last year.