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Feather River Fish
Hatchery
See Nature in Action
Feather River Fish Hatchery
Off Table Mountain BLVD. at
Feather River Crossing
Visiting Hours: 8 a.m. to Sundown Daily
Tours: 534-2436
When Oroville Darn was built, many miles of spawning grounds
were no longer accessible to salmon and steel head trout returning
to their home stream to spawn. To balance for this loss, the
Department. of Fish &
Game and Department. of Water Resources opened this state-of-the
art facility.
The hatchery can comprise 9,000 adult salmon and 2,000 adult
steel head. The incubators can hold 20 million eggs, and 9.6
million finger lings can be reared in the eight concrete raceways.
During their June Spring-run and the Fall-run September-November,
the fish can be seen jumping the ladder-like steps leading to
the gathering tanks.
If you've never observed this life cycle, try to find time to
come and visit the Feather River Fish Hatchery
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