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Prescribed Burn on Columbia NWR

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:56:12 -0700

The Engine Captain of Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Fire Management monitors a thirty-acre prescribed burn on the Refuge. Located along the Pacific Flyway, Columbia NWR is particularly important as a stop-over and wintering ground for waterfowl and other migratory birds, including lesser sandhill cranes. Here, prescribed fire is one tool used to reduce hazardous fuels in the recreational area, as well as create a more suitable marsh habitat for the benefit of migratory and resident wildlife. Photo Credit: John Janak, USFWS.

It's Nemo.

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:02:34 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

No, the egg is not flawed. That black spot is the eye. This egg is about 20 days old. Boy they grow fast. Salmon eggs hatch after approximately 60 days.

Cool - look at that!

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:02:33 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Students learn about the development stages of salmon with the USFWS Salmon in the Classroom program.

Dworshak NFH Receives Hatchery of the Year Award

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:12:22 -0700

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The Lower Snake River Compensation Program (LSRCP) awarded the Dworshak Fish Hatchery the Station of the Year Award for their assistance in saving 2.5 million Spring Chinook Salmon.

Prescribed Fire to Improve Marsh Habitat

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:56:11 -0700

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

The Engine Captain of McNary National Wildlife Refuge Fire Management assists with a thirty-acre prescribed burn on Columbia NWR. Both Refuges are located within the Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which provides management and support for seven national wildlife refuges and one national monument. Here, prescribed fire is used as a management tool to reduce native emergent cattail, creating a mosaic with open water that is more favorable to waterfowl use. Photo Credit: John Janak, USFWS.

The Different Tools used for Moist-soil Marsh Management

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:56:11 -0700

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After completing a prescribed burn on Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, the Engine Captain of Columbia NWR Fire Management discs the burned area. Prescribed fire was used here to reduce a monotypic stand of cattail, creating more suitable marsh habitat. After conducting the prescribed fire, the burn area was disced to disturb the soil and better break up the remaining roots of cattail. With the completion of this work by month’s end, the marsh unit will be re-flooded. This practice, called Moist Soil Management, encourages the growth of naturally occurring seed bearing plants for the benefit of migrating and wintering waterfowl , including lesser sandhill cranes, western and lesser Canada geese, Taverner’s cackling geese, northern pintails, lesser scaups, mallards, redheads, canvasbacks, blue-winged teals, and others. Photo Credit: John Janak, USFWS.

National Park Service Employees Help Plant Golden Paintbrush Seedlings Photo credit: Ted Thomas (USFWS)

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:26:04 -0800

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National Park Service Employees Help Plant Golden Paintbrush Seedlings Photo credit: Ted Thomas (USFWS)

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:26:05 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

National Park Service Employees Help Plant Golden Paintbrush Seedlings Photo credit: Ted Thomas (USFWS)

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:26:06 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

National Park Service Employees Help Plant Golden Paintbrush Seedlings Photo credit: Ted Thomas (USFWS)

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:26:04 -0800

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nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:02:32 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Conserving the Nature of America and preparing the biologists of the future.

Worse for the wear

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:33 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS
This Kokanee hasn't made it far yet, but also doesn't have far to go. in their last act pacific salmon spawn and then die. During this time they are susecptable to infections from fungus, virus, bacteria, and other parasites. Salmon feed everyone in the Pacific Northwest!

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Three Cheers for Kokanee

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:36 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Swimming through Ferns

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:37 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS
This Kokanee captures the connection between Lake, Stream, and Forest as it swims through falling leaves and flooded stream -side vegetation on its spawning migration. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Kokanee Restoration & Romance 2

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:35 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

A male and female pair up for spawning over the clean gravel of Ebright Creek. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Kokanee Invasion 2

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:27 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

Lots of kokanee. Notice the native plants and Nurse Logs surrounding this rebounding population of Kokanee. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Kokanee in red

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:38 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

Two male Kokanees jockey for position. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Clean and Clear = Kokanee

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:31 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS
The NW salmon need clean and clear water not just as adults, but to ensure that the eggs and tiny juvenile salmon don't become smothered in sediment at grow up healthy. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/

Kokanee Rushing Ebright Creek 1

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:34 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Taking a breather

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Pacific) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:28 -0800

USFWS Pacific posted a photo:

Photo Credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

These two Lake Sammamish Kokanee are resting after running riffles and launching trough culverts and over steps. They might not have far to go, but they are adapted to make it only so far before spawning and dying. Restoration of kokanee streams help provide more spawning habitat and an easier journey. Ebright Creek is the site of a restoration project aimed at increasing stream and spawning habitat availible to the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Check out the Komo 4 news report on this sucess. bit.ly/TKuGhM

To see these kokanee when they started out as fry, click here:http://bit.ly/RuOj12 For a video on the Kokanee rearing project, check out: bit.ly/PprFHs

To learn how you can “keep the salmon coming home”, visit the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: www.issaquahfish.org
Read the original post at 1.usa.gov/XxRBp8
and explore a variety of factors affecting wild and hatchery fish and other aquatic resources at: the-fish-files.blogspot.com/