Bill Nyara
Manager
South Santiam Fish Hatchery
For the crew at South Santiam Hatchery, winter means summer steelhead spawning and egg care. Along with the normal, routine tasks (fish feeding, pond cleaning, maintenance, etc.), the crew conducts spawning operations on one day, every other week.
From late December through early February, 500 female and 500 male steelhead are spawned at the hatchery. These are the fish that were collected all summer long at the trap…