Dworshak National Fish Hatchery
The ride of your life isn’t a roller coaster
A cultural Experience:
The Corps of Engineers constructed the hatchery in the late 1960s to mitigate the loss of Steelhead Trout in the North Fork of the Clearwater River and its tributaries due to the construction of the Dworshak Dam.
The incubator is co-managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho due to the Snake River Basin Adjudication settlement agreement signed in 2007. The Service and Tribe maintain existing production goals for Steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, and Coho Salmon and continue working together to enhance fishery resources of the Clearwater River Basin.
Hatchery tours are offered in two formats: self-guided (using a provided brochure) and guided.
Guided tours typically take roughly 45 minutes to an hour, and self-guided tours vary based on our visitor’s pace. Both versions will take you inside and outside, and they are all walking tours. The hatchery is suitable for wheelchairs and slower-moving visitors, with ramps and an indoor elevator. Tours are also suited for visitors of all ages. It is requested that all visitors refrain from climbing or touching any ponds, water, or equipment.
The tours will take you to various sightseeing points such as: the indoor spawning deck, the lobby with dioramas and videos, outdoor adult holding ponds, the fish ladder, views of Dworshak Dam, and the Northfork, and the Clearwater main stem rivers. You can also see Chinook fry raceways, Coho fry ponds, and steelhead fry ponds. During certain times of the year, marking trailers are on-site, clipping adipose fins.
go there:
The Dworshak National Fish Hatchery is located at the confluence of the North Fork and mainstem Clearwater River, three miles west of Orofino, Idaho.
Don’t forget:
Anything. Stop here for supplies before your remote trip.
