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I Saw a Salmon Life!
Our volunteers come with a variety of skill! Wayne is an artist. Scott, another volunteer, provided Wayne with this old saw. As you look at the painting on the saw you can follow the salmon life cycle. We look forward … Continue reading
Just Remarkable!
I find it just remarkable how hard our volunteers work and what wonderful work they do! Just look at this deck! Don’t you wish you could have it in your back yard?
Coho fry
Slowly releasing our Coho fry back into their home of the Serpentine River. All healthy and some already taking bugs off the surface of the water!
Small but mighty Coho fry in our Hatchery. Feeding well and looking
Lots of mouths to feed here!
Our New Year babies!!
Who can see the Coho alevin? Who can see the eggs hatching to Alevin?
Salmon in the Classroom Coho release
We would usually be having our local school groups releasing their young Coho salmon with all their students who were involved in raising Tynehead Hatchery Coho eggs to the fry stage. Thanks to the help of our volunteers, teachers are … Continue reading
Coho Alevins
Our Coho babies have almost all hatched to the Alevin stage. Those are yolk sacs on their tummies-food for the next month. As this yolk sac gets absorbed, they will slowly turn into a fry salmon. At this point these … Continue reading
Coho Smolts head out to the ocean
50,000 Coho smolts. Returned to the Serpentine River. Smolts are just over a year old and will head directly to the ocean. Inch creek takes a portion of our Coho eggs and raise them to smolt stage for us. Usually … Continue reading
Invasive Species fish!
This small carp was found in one of our fish ponds which means that it found its way into the Serpentine River by being released into the river. Please remind all you know not to be releasing any type of … Continue reading