Stakeholder News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) initiated a series
of hatchery reviews in May 2005 to assure that its hatchery programs
in the Northwest are part of a scientifically-sound and integrated
strategy - consistent with State, Tribal, and other Federal strategies
- for conserving wild stocks and managing fisheries in watersheds
within the Region. These reviews are tailored after a successful
process originally implemented in Puget Sound and Coastal Washington
watersheds. The Service's Hatchery Review Team plans to complete
these reviews by the spring of 2010.
In June 2009, the Review Team completed their review of the Lower
Snake River National Fish Hatcheries (NFH) including programs at
Dworshak NFH, Kooskia NFH and Hagerman NFH. This concluded the Review
Team's assessments of all NFH programs in the Pacific Region of the
Fish and Wildlife Service. Final reports and recommendations for
the Lower Snake NFHs, Olympic Peninsula NFHs, and for Warm Springs
NFH in the Deschutes Basin, the Leavenworth NFH Complex in eastern
Washington, Eagle Creek NFH in the Clackamas River Basin, and the
Columbia River Gorge NFHs are available on the Reports & Publications
page. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now beginning the
implementation process for recommendations at these facilities.
The Review Team is now conducting reviews of Lower Snake River Compensation
Plan (LSRCP) hatchery facilities in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
As part of the hatchery review process, the Idaho
LSRCP Hatcheries Draft Report covering the four LSRCP fish hatcheries
(FH)--Clearwater, Magic Valley, Sawtooth, and McCall--in the state
of Idaho is currently available on this website. The Review Team
held a public stakeholder meeting concerning this draft report on
April 28th in Boise, Idaho and solicited verbal and written comments
on the draft. The Team will complete this report on Idaho facilities
later this year.
As part of the hatchery review process, the Review Team will be
holding a public stakeholder meeting to discuss the Team's assessment
of the two Washington Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (LSRCP)
hatcheries - Lyons Ferry Fish Hatchery and Tucannon Fish Hatchery
- and their associated satellite juvenile acclimation and adult recapture
facilities. The purpose of this meeting is for the Hatchery Review
Team to present an overview of the review process and introduce details
of their Washington LSRCP assessments and recommendations report.
This meeting will provide the public with an opportunity to discuss
and provide initial feedback about the report and its draft recommendations
to members of the Hatchery Review Team.
The meeting will take place Tuesday, September 29th from 2:00 pm
- 4:00 pm at the Marcus
Whitman Hotel and Conference Center in Walla
Walla, WA. (clicki on the hotel link for directions). Please RSVP
to Michael Schmidt, the Review Team's facilitator, at
mschmidt@lltk.org. If you
would like to attend but cannot make a mid-day meeting, please let
Michael know. If there is substantial interest in an evening meeting,
the Team will schedule a second 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm meeting time.
The Washington LSRCP draft report is now available on this website.
You have the opportunity to
offer verbal comments at the September 29 stakeholder meeting or
to submit written comments concerning the draft report during the
four week public review period that concludes on October 29th.
Please address any written comments concerning these reviews
to:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
Abernathy Fish Technology Center
Attn: Don Campton
1440 Abernathy Creek Road
Longview, WA 98632
Please contact Don Campton at (360) 425-6072 ext 311 or email don_campton@fws.gov with
any questions you may have.
-- Progress
report on Hatchery Review Team activities July 6, 2009
--
Proposed Review Schedule November 2008
