Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force
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Ruggles & Ditton
For over twenty-three years the Ruggles and Ditton projects supplemented local rivers & creeks with salmon fry. With eggs received from state hatcheries each project has produced up to 200,000 fry, meeting over 75% of the year’s production. Both projects will continue to supplement local streams with fry until previously destroyed streamside habitat flourishes and salmon return to their native spawning ground.
Ruggles project release sites are Elk River, Johns River, Barlow and Demesey Creeks and various beaver ponds. Ditton project release sites are all located on the East Hoquiam River. Volunteers from Grays Harbor Gillnetters, Washington Trollers Association, Local Tribes and retired citizens operate both projects.