Issaquah Fish Hatchery

On Monday, we took a tour of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery- http://www.issaquahfish.org/. It was fantastic! I learned a ton and I can tell my boys did too because they've been asking me questions about fish ever since we went. Our tour guides were great and very patient with our active troop of kiddos. It was pouring for the first 15 min. of our tour so our guides talked to us a bit inside of an aquarium area and had us watch a little video on salmon spawning and life migration. After that, we walked around the hatchery and learned about the various areas and functions of the hatchery. As a side note- March is not the time to go to the hatchery if you want to see actual salmon swimming through the ladder and up Issaquah Creek. It's best to go in the fall :)

I found a few pictures on the internet of the hatchery. I did not take these photos: