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FISH's mission is to advocate retaining and improving the historic salmon hatchery and to promote watershed stewardship through education.
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Much to be thankful for as
2010 season draws to a close
The Issaquah Hatchery's 2010 spawning season will soon wrap up. FISH gave tours to more than 7,400 during the 10-week season! (Those numbers do not include chaperones).
The hatchery spawned more than 1,000 chinook; some 2.5 million eggs were collected this season and more than 1,000 king salmon were released upstream of the hatchery.
Coho spawning began on Nov. 2 when 42 pairs were spawned and 130,000 eggs were collected. Another 61 pairs were spawned on Nov. 9 and some 200,000 eggs were collected. The hatchery still hopes to collect some 1 million coho eggs this season.
Listed below are our enthusiastic docents who worked so hard leading educational tours of the hatchery. THANK YOU one and all for your boundless energy and dedication - FISH would not exist without you!
Jennifer Allee ~ Mark Allen*~ Janet Andersen*~ Richard Andersen* ~ Patrick Andrzejczyk ~ Betty Arendal ~ Judy Babb ~ Eileen Barber* ~ Steve Barlow* ~ Steve Boggio ~ Emily Bome ~ Alec Boze ~ Kevin Boze* ~ Bob Butenko* ~ Katharine Carlson* ~ Dale Crane ~ Mike Curtis ~ Paula DeLucia ~ Kari Dickerson* ~ Fred Dunlap ~ Holly Dunlap ~ Bryce Edwards ~ Larry Franks ~ Ava Frisinger* ~ Mary Gilles ~ Eric Gustafson~ David Hagert ~ Mark Hahn ~ Vicki Hahn* ~ Nina Hall ~ David Harris ~ Randy Harrison ~ Andrew Hartman ~ Craig Hawksley ~ BethELee Herrmann ~ Darcy Hilby ~ Bill Holder ~ Jim Hutchinson ~ Melanie Jacobs* ~ Craig Jorgensen ~ Hank Klein* ~ John Knorr ~ Patricia LaCombe ~ Norm Lee ~ James Lewis ~ Mason Lilly* ~ Bill Loken* ~ Jeanette Ludwig ~ Val Lycette ~ Sharon MacPherson ~ Margaret Marshall ~ Pat McArthur** ~ Bob McMains ~ Don McWhirter* ~ Yina Moe-Lange ~ Don Monchil* ~ Kris Morales ~ Jane Morton* ~ Crash Nash* ~ Jim Needham*~ Paula O'Brien ~ Kathy O'Neill*~ Andy Paterson* ~ Joe Podorsek ~ Logan Powers ~ Meredith Prock ~ Al Ramsay* ~ Grace Reamer* ~ Jenifer Reinhardt ~ Diane Rhodes ~ Craig Rhodes*~ Chris Rice ~ Kelly Richardson ~ Nick Samargis ~ Jolene Sanborn* ~ Angie Schantz ~ Bruce Sillers*~ Jean Sillers*~ C.J. Silver*~ Cameron Skaggs ~ Loren Skaggs ~ MacKenzie Smith ~ David Sprague*~ Stan Staniforth*~ Kim Stanley*~ Daniel Steck~ Jim Sullivan ~ Ken Tarleton*~ Frankie Tate ~ Elizabeth Taylor**~ Elizabeth Tumlinson ~ Roger Urbaniak*~ Coletta Vigh ~ David Waggoner*~ Darrell Wells*~ Dan Wilshin*~ Anne Wuesthoff ~ Norb Ziegler
* Master docent ** Garden angels ***If we overlooked your name, please let us know and accept our sincere apologies!
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FISH annual membership meeting notice
The FISH annual membership meeting will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at the Issaquah Hatchery's Watershed Science Center, 80 Newport Way SW.
The meeting will recap the program's progress over the last year, provide financial data and review the salmon returns. After the annual membership meeting, FISH members and board members who have paid dues at least 10 days in advance of the annual meeting will elect board positions that are expiring terms of present board positions.
FISH encourages members to run for board positions if they can regularly attend monthly meetings, are already familiar with FISH and can contribute to the organization's mission and operations, such as budgeting, public relations, fundraising, Salmon Days and educational opportunities.
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FISH Board Member Kevin Boze steps down
Departure brings 7-year term to end
Long-time Master Docent Kevin Boze has resigned from the FISH Board of Directors after accepting a new, long-term temporary job in Utah.
 | | Kevin Boze, 2004. |
Although Kevin was elected to the FISH Board in the fall of 2003, he had been with the organization since 1999, when he began volunteering with his wife Grace Reamer.
Kevin is a dedicated docent with an impressive volunteer record; to date he has contributed more than 1,700 hours to FISH. In 2004, Kevin won the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah's environmental award, which honors responsible stewardship of Issaquah's natural environment.
Kevin is an award-winning cartoonist and advertising artist. He has donated many creative works to FISH, including the artwork for the summer camp and birthday parties.
We thank Kevin for his many years of service on the FISH Board and eagerly await his return next fall.
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Kokanee spawning underway
Hatchery part of effort to help save vulnerable speciesT he hatchery is gearing up to spawn and incubate kokanee eggs from Laughing Jacobs, Ebright and Lewis creeks. These Lake Sammamish kokanee populations are at risk of becoming extinct because their numbers
 | | Lewis Creek kokanee. Photo by Bill Priest, King Co. |
have dwindled over the years.
The hatchery program is a part of a strategy to bring kokanee back from the brink of extiction. The effort is spearheaded by the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group, which is comprised of officials from King County, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others. The group's ambitious long-term goal is for the watershed to consistently produce so many kokanee that the public can fish for them in the lake.
The hatchery program is a temporary step to ensure that the population at least holds steady while other actions are taken. These actions include protecting stream, shoreline and lake habitat that kokanee use for spawning, refuge, and finding food. They also include addressing known factors that affect their habitat, such as pollution, culverts that block their spawning run, and storm-water flows that can destroy their nests, called redds.
The hatchery program is funded primarily by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and implemented with the support of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and King County. The kokanee will be spawned at the Issaquah Hatchery and then the eggs will be split between the Issaquah and Quilcene hatcheries, where they will then be fertilized, incubated and marked as hatchery fish. The kokanee will then be returned as fry to their native streams for release.
King County has created a video about the kokanee program - follow the link to find out more about this exciting venture. |
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Many thanks...
FISH simply could not provide the services it does without the generosity of many individuals, businesses and organizations.
FISH would like to take a moment to recognize and thank the following organizations for their support this year:
City of Issaquah
City of Sammamish
Issaquah Women's Club
Kiwanis Club of Issaquah
Microsoft Corp. and Microsoft Giving Campaign
Port Blakely Communities
Puget Sound Energy and the Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Waste Management
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