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We are pleased to have new RV volunteers this season!
Mary and Larry Shown are spending their first season with us as volunteers. They're helping out with grounds maintenance, visitor services, etc. Mary also loves to bake so we're lucky!
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Giving a Helping Hand to Pollinators
Pollinator sightings have increased since we planted native flowering plants and created homes for Mason bees. Butterflies, bees and flies abound!
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Fishing Drano Lake
Drano Lake is very popular with anglers. Check fishing regulations on the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife's website or pamphlet.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/01998/wdfw01998.pdf
what's happening at the hatchery
Almost time to open the ladder!
In early May we'll open the fish ladder to begin gathering spring Chinook. Until then, we're busy feeding fish and working on various projects around the Hatchery.
Orlanda_John@fws.gov
Call 509-538-2755
Message us on Facebook.
Recent Little White Salmon Fish Returns
As of December 12, 2018, 8,427 adult Spring and Fall Chinook have returned to Little White Salmon .
Fisheries In the news
Did You Know? Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery made camp on Drano Lake on October 29, 1805. Clark wrote that Drano Lake was filled with a “great number” of tundra swans. The swans were likely feeding on Wapato, a plant that grows in the water. Wapato tubers were a valuable food for the Chinook people as well.
