$21 Million Walla Walla Hatchery Construction To Begin Next Month; Goal Is Spring Chinook Reintroduction, 500,000 Smolts

A Northwest tribe will begin construction of new hatchery rearing facilities for spring chinook salmon as soon as December in a first step to reintroduce the fish to the South Fork Walla Walla and Touchet rivers, both in the Walla Walla River basin.