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Image Source: based on Anadromous Fish Propogation Hatcheries in Columbia River Basin Map - Idaho, Oregon and Washington, BPA.
| Name | State | Hydrounit - Basin | Description | Species | Operating Agency | Lat/Lon 1 | River KM 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buhl | ID | 17040212 Upper Snake - Rock |
Summer Steelhead | IDFG | |||
| Eagle | ID | 17050114 Lower Boise |
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| Hagerman NFH | ID | 17040212 Upper Snake - Rock |
Hagerman NFH, USFWS Hagerman Hatchery, IDFG Hagerman IHOT Report Hagerman NFH, LSRCP, USFWS The Hagerman National Fish Hatchery (NFH) is located along the Snake River, about 30 miles west of Twin Falls, Idaho at a point three miles south and two miles east of Hagerman, Idaho. The hatchery was authorized in 1930 and began operating in 1933, Historically, production consisted of rearing rainbow trout for stocking waters in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. In the late 1970's. trout production was reduced and the steelhead started. The hatchery was remodeled and expanded from 1982 to 1984 as part of the Lower Snake River Compensation Program (LSRCP). The goals of the hatchery is to produce summer steelhead to the Snake River Basin. The hatchery also produces coho salmon for Cascade Reservoir and small numbers of steelhead. |
Summer Steelhead and Rainbow Trout | USFWS | 42.747917 / -114.849091 | |
| Mackay (Mackey) | ID | 17040218 Big Lost |
Mackay Hatchery, IDFG The Mackay Fish Hatchery is a fish production facility located approximately 16 miles north of Mackay, in Custer County, Idaho. The hatchery produces fish of various species and strains, from 1 to 16 inches in length, for statewide distribution. |
Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon | IDFG | 43.985252 / -113.798813 | |
| Magic Valley Hatchery | ID | 17040212 Upper Snake - Rock |
Magic Valley IHOT Report Magic Valley, LSRCP, USFWS The hatchery is located on the Snake River, approximately 7 miles northwest of the town of Filer in the Snake River Canyon. The elevation of the hatchery is 3,000 feet above sea level. Magic Valley Hatchery was constructed in 1987 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the LSRCP. Each spring about 2.5 million eggs, spawned and fertilized from adult steelhead trapped at three or four sites on the Clearwater and Salmon Rivers, are delivered to this facility. From the 2.5 million eggs received at the hatchery, more than 2 million young steelhead will be reared and released to their native streams in 12 months, a survival rate of about 80 percent. In the wild, fewer then 30 percent of the female steelhead's roe will be fertilized, of which only four out of 100 will survive their journey to the ocean. |
Summer Steelhead | IDFG | 42.660862 / -114.646294 | |
| McCall Hatchery | ID | 17050123 North Fork Payette |
McCall IHOT Report McCall, LSRCP, USFWS The hatchery is located within the city limits of McCall, Idaho on the North Fork Payette River, approximately 0.25 miles downstream from Payette Lake. McCall Hatchery was constructed in 1979 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (LSRCP). The LSRCP mitigation goal is to return 8,000 summer chinook above Lower Granite Dam. |
Summer Chinook | IDFG | 44.907001 / -116.117287 | |
| Niagara Springs Hatchery | ID | 17040212 Upper Snake - Rock |
Niagara Springs IHOT Report The hatchery is located in the Snake River Canyon, 10 miles south of the town of Wendel, Idaho. The elevation of the facility is 3,000 feet above sea level. Niagara Springs is owned and financed by Idaho Power Company as required under the terms of their Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the operation of the Hells Canyon hydroelectric complex. The mitigation goals for the hatchery are to (1) enhance steelhead run in the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam, and (2) relocate part of this run to the Salmon River and its tributaries. |
Summer Steelhead | IDFG | 42.664909 / -114.673492 | |
| Pahsimeroi Hatchery | ID | 17060202 Pahsimeroi |
Pahsimeroi Hatchery, IDFG Pahsimeroi Fish Hatchery, located near the town of Ellis, Idaho, is one mile upstream of the confluence of the Pahsimeroi and Salmon Rivers. Two rearing ponds are located at a separate location seven miles further upstream on the Pahsimeroi River. The hatchery was constructed in 1967 by Idaho Power Company (IPC) and is owned and funded by IPC. Hatchery operations and management is the responsibility of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG). The summer chinook and summer steelhead programs are IPC's mitigation obligation under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for anadromous fish losses caused by the construction and operation of the Hells Canyon Complex (Brownlee, Oxbow, and Hell's Canyon dams) on the Snake River. Due to the 1992 listing of Snake River summer chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha) as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), the Pahsimeroi Fish Hatchery has shifted from a fishery mitigation program to a supplementation-conservation program. The number of adult chinook salmon released into the Pahsimeroi River for natural spawning, as well as the number of those kept at the hatchery for artificial propagation, depends on marked and unmarked fish returns and their listing status. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) permits #922 and #903 authorize the direct and incidental take of listed, naturally produced and artificially propagated summer chinook salmon and steelhead. The hatchery's mitigation goals are set for summer chinook salmon and for summer A-run steelhead. |
Summer Chinook and Summer Steelhead | IDFG | 44.689934 / -114.044716 | 522.303.489.??? |
| Sawtooth Hatchery | ID | 17060201 Upper Salmon |
Sawtooth Hatchery, IDFG Sawtooth IHOT Report Sawtooth, LSRCP, USFWS The Sawtooth Fish Hatchery is an anadromous fish hatchery located 5 miles south of Stanley, Idaho on Highway 75. It is approximately 879 river miles from the mouth of the Columbia River at an elevation of 6,480 feet above sea level. Constructed in 1985, it is part of the Lower Snake River Compensation Program. The facility was built to rear spring chinook salmon and collect eggs from steelhead trout. At the same time, it collects some four million steelhead eggs for later transport to the Hagerman National Fish Hatchery and Magic Valley Fish Hatchery. The hatchery's East Fork facility is used for trapping and holding chinook salmon and steelhead. |
Spring Chinook and Summer Steelhead | IDFG | 44.151741 / -114.884293 | 522.303.617 |
| Yankee Fork Pond | ID | 17060201 Upper Salmon |
522.303.591.0113 |
1 Latitude and Longitude coordinates were taken from Pacific Northwest Hatchery Facilities, GIS coverage, StreamNet, unless otherwise noted.
2 River KM were taken from PTAGIS database, PSMFC, unless otherwise noted.
3 River KM were taken from Hatchery Data, FPC.
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