Livingston Stone
Shasta Lake, CA 96019-8400
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Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery is located at the base of Shasta Dam, north of Redding, California. The hatchery is closed to the public.
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Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery is the only hatchery in the world that spawns winter-run Chinook salmon. This species was listed as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act on January 4, 1994. Each year, the hatchery produces approximately 200,000 juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon for release into the upper Sacramento River.
About
Established in 1997, the Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery was created to support the recovery of endangered winter Chinook salmon after Shasta and Keswick Dams blocked access to their historic spawning grounds. It is a substation of the Coleman National Fish Hatchery and released its first winter Chinook salmon in April 1998. The facility has remained in continuous operation since its founding to help supplement declining salmon populations.