CREEK D/C/08NOV99/MN/CG --- Coleman canal, which feeds water to the PG&E Coleman power house along south Battle Creek feeder near Manton, Ca., is shown on Monday, November 08, 1999. The canal ...

The number of salmon returning to spawn at Coleman National Fish Hatchery in Anderson could reach historic lows this year — a legacy of the five-year drought that ended last year.

Brett Galyean, a manager at the Coleman Fish Hatchery said that the issue is that the types of salmon that have been coming through the hatchery from Battle Creek are too young and predominantly male.

The Coleman National Fish Hatchery along Battle Creek in Shasta County plans to drive about 950,000 fall chinook salmon smolts in May to increase their chances of survival.

Despite the cuts, the hatchery, which is federally protected, cannot afford to reduce its workforce significantly. Established in 1942 on Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, the ...

The federal Coleman National Fish Hatchery tries to produce about 12 million fall-run Chinook salmon for release each spring into Battle Creek, a Sacramento River tributary south of Redding.

Cottonwood >> For more than 70 years, Coleman National Fish Hatchery has raised young salmon and steelhead trout, and released them into Battle Creek so they can migrate out to the Pacific Oc… ...

ANDERSON – The Coleman Fish Hatchery celebrated the return of the salmon on Saturday. This year was the 17th year for the Return of the Salmon Festival, which is held to help people learn abo… ...