The Sherman Creek Hatchery (SCH), operated by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), is one of four aquaculture facilities forming the Lake Roosevelt Hatcheries Program (LRHP), provided to partially mitigate for the loss of anadromous and resident fish due to the construction of Columbia River mainstem dams. Associated LRHP projects include Ford Trout Hatchery, also operated by the WDFW, the Spokane Tribal Hatchery operated by the Spokane Tribe of Indians (STI), and the Lake Roosevelt Volunteer Net Pens operated by the Lake Roosevelt Development Association (LRDA).  SCH is located immediately adjacent to Lake Roosevelt at the mouth of Sherman Creek, three miles west of Kettle Falls, Washington and 101 miles upstream from Grand Coulee Dam.
Artificial (hatchery) production has been determined a feasible method for sustaining viable fisheries in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake. WDFW, STI, Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) and the ... LRVNP Project are cooperating in a comprehensive program to produce kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and triploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) for annual releases into the project area.
The Lake Roosevelt Hatcheries Coordination Team (LRHCT), a group comprised of fisheries staff from the fisheries co-managers (STI, CCT, and WDFW), utilizes recommendations from the Lake Roosevelt Data Collection Program (LRDC), the project tasked with monitoring and evaluating performance of LRHP releases.  Decisions are made in accordance with strategies outlined in the Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Guidance Document (LRGD), a living document developed by co-managers with a logic path to adapt to new circumstances and connect the various Lake Roosevelt fisheries projects goals for fisheries protection, restoration, and enhancement.
The intent of this project is to continue working with the other components of the LRHCT to provide readily accessible sport and Tribal subsistence fisheries that are compatible with, and beneficial to, the ecological conditions in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake (Grand Coulee Dam impoundments).  Hatchery rainbow trout production consistently meets harvest objectives of =5% return to the creel while the hatchery kokanee production has not.  As of 2021, the LRHP will terminate kokanee production and add more emphasis to production of triploid rainbow trout suited to meet mitigation goals and objectives.  
SCH, consisting of three large concrete raceways and support facilities, was constructed by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in 1991, and became operational in April 1992 with initial hatchery releases later that year. In 1999, SCH added twenty net pens at river mile 699 to facilitate increased rearing capabilities on Lake Roosevelt. This project is funded by BPA under directives by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program and Resident Fish Substitution Measures, 1987 to current (Upper Columbia Subbasin Plan), as partial mitigation for anadromous and resident fish losses in the blocked areas above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. WDFW performs annual operations and maintenance with funding provided by BPA.

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