Friday January 23, 2026
Indiginews —
First Nations fish hatcheries on both sides of the “Canada-U.S.” border are celebrating 10 years of a collaboration to help salmon blocked from migrating by dams and other threats.
Earlier this month, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in “Washington” transferred more than 6,200 chinook salmon eggs from their Chief Joseph Hatchery to the Okanagan Nation Alliance’s (ONA) kł cp̓əlk̓ stim̓ Hatchery in snpink’tn (Penticton), nearly 200 kilometres north.