Tuesday March 24, 2026
Northwest Sportsman —
A Congresswoman and a county are urging WDFW to use a recent federal funding boost to reopen a Southwest Washington hatchery that produced winter steelhead and trout for local fisheries.
Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-3rd District) says the agency’s closure of the Skamania Hatchery in 2025 was “abrupt and unpopular,” but that as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, she was able to secure more money in federal fiscal year 2026 for operations and maintenance of what are known as Mitchell Act hatcheries in the Columbia Basin.