Saturday, October 17, 2009, NCAO joined the public in welcoming back the salmon at the 19th Annual Return of the Salmon Festival, held at Coleman National Fish Hatchery.

More than 1,000 visitors stopped by the Reclamation booth at the event and had fun playing “Water Jeopardy”, where contestants were asked questions from a variety of topics related to Shasta Dam, water conservation, and power.

As the points were scored, prizes were earned, and laughter and smiles could be heard. Importantly, all visitors were sent home with the message about water conservation, and how important it is.

• Coleman National Fish Hatchery is the countries largest National Fish Hatchery, and was built as part of the Shasta Dam project to provide mitigation for the Chinook salmon.
  
  
• The Return of the Salmon Festival was first held in 1991 to bring awareness to the public about the spawning operations of the hatchery, and has been a very popular event ever since.   More...