![A tank full of young steelhead at a fish hatchery.](https://www.oelmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/250000-steelhead-smolt-just-escaped-from-a-washington-state-fish-hatchery.jpg)
Great escape of steelhead thought to be fault of equipment failure. Call it a “Great Escape,” because approximately 250,000 steelhead smolts are mysteriously missing from a Washington state fish hatchery and officials aren’t sure of their whereabouts. It happened at Lyons Ferry Hatchery near Palouse Falls. The Spokesman-Review reports the loss of hundreds of thousands […]
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