ˀImtwaha Fish Hatchery Tour on the South Fork Walla Walla River

Join Blue Mountain Land Trust and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) natural resource staff for a tour of the ˀImtwaha Fish Hatchery!

Blue Mountain Land Trust (BMLT) is offering a special opportunity to visit the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) ˀImtwaha Fish Hatchery, with expert insights from hatchery staff! On August 23, come out to learn how the Tribes are exercising their Treaty rights by rearing chinook salmon and steelhead trout for reintroduction into the Walla Walla and Umatilla River systems.

The CTUIR’s department of natural resources is charged with providing sustainable harvest opportunities for aquatic species of the First Food order by protecting, conserving, and restoring native aquatic populations and their habitats. To aid in this mission, the Tribes rear chinook and steelhead from eggs to adulthood, to reintroduce the fish into our rivers.

For the past two decades, the Tribes have successfully re-established spring chinook salmon in the Walla Walla River, which were extirpated in the 1950s. The ˀImtwaha Fish Hatchery plays a vital role in this important work and you’ll learn all about it during the tour, led by CTUIR Natural Resource staff members.

For background information on the ˀImtwaha Fish Hatchery, please click here.

For more information about the event, click here.

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Questions? Get in touch with Fraser Moore, BMLT Conservation Manager at ZnJhc2VyIHwgYm1sdCAhIG9yZw==.