July 18th

   Another morning to waking up early. I was dumbfound seeing how cloudy it is even though its not clouds. It was smoke.

  Today was more of a learning day. The first place on our schedule is the fish hatchery. Tim Peone is one of many to start the Hatchery 15 years ago. Tim attended Eastern. In 1980 The Roosevelt still had fish that weighed 78 pounds. Once the damns were built the damns were blocking fish but not killing fish. Spokane Tribal Hatchery is cooperative enhancement and restoration project between Spokane tribe, Colville confederate tribes, Bonneville Power Administration and Washington department of wildlife.

   The goal for the Spokane tribal hatchery is to work with Sherman Creek Hatchery and lake Roosevelt rainbow trout net pen rearing projects to produce 3.7 million kokanee salmon fry, 250,000 kokanee salmon and 750.000 rainbow trout yearlings annually for the release into lake Roosevelt.

   I've leaned so much about how Spokane were fish people and how they are trying to bring back the salmon although it can take years but starting with clean rivers and breeding trout.