Saturday, August 12th, 2023, brought a significant storm to Sitka. We experienced 4.42 inches of rainfall within a 24 hour period, breaking a previously held record of 4.22 inches set back in 1961 according to Meteorologist Pete Boyd of Juneau. During…
Pink and Chum salmon have returned to the hatchery in large numbers. Having competed their lifecycle the salmon are ready to spawn to seed the next generation. Our hatchery staff and students are getting ready to receive them. But before…
Summer camps have wrapped up at the Sitka Sound Science Center, and what an amazing journey it has been. We have served over 140 participants in 10 different camps spanning a range of subjects including: chemistry, physics, microbiology, intertidal ecology,…
Sitka’s topography lends itself to majestic scenes, but also carries with it innate risks. With our steep mountain sides and heavy rainfall, landslides are a very real risk, made starkly evident in the summer of 2015. After very heavy rainfall…
After listing both the Mill Building and the Spawn Shed on our Master Plan to rehabilitate and upgrade we are pleased to announce that they are done! Our Spawning Platform and Incubation Facility (SPIFy) is newly completed and has…
LOTS of fish were released in May by the hatchery crew! The second half of the brood year 2021 coho were released at the beginning of the May with Stacy Golden’s Field Science class from Sitka High School. The students…
