DWR Announces Oroville Salmon Festival Set For September 24.OROVILLE, Calif. -- The 11th Annual Salmon Festival in Oroville will be celebrated on Saturday, September 24, during the fall migration of Feather River
The Feather River is a principal tributary of the Sacramento River, 170 miles in length, in Northern California in the United States. Chinook salmon chinook salmon or king salmon Prized North Pacific food and sport fish (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of the salmon family. The average weight is about 22 lbs (10 kg), but individuals of 50–80 lbs (22–36 kg) are not unusual. . Festival activities will be staged at three venues -- the Feather River Fish Hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. , the Feather River Nature Center and Historic Downtown Oroville. Downtown activities will start at 9 a.m. Those at the hatchery and nature center will begin at 10 a.m. A new event -- a five kilometer Salmon Run The salmon run is the time at which salmon swim back up the rivers in which they were born to spawn. Pacific salmon spawn and then die, while Atlantic salmon winter over in deep spots in the river and try to return to the sea to recover in the spring and return to spawn again in through historic downtown Oroville, starting at 8 a.m. -- will raise the curtain on the 2005 Salmon Festival. Fish Hatchery Events The Feather River Fish Hatchery, located on the river across from historic downtown Oroville, will feature active salmon spawning for public viewing. The Department of Water Resources (DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked ) will provide guides for interpretation of this activity from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Operated by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) DFG Department of Fish and Game DFG District Factor Group DFG Data Flow Graph DFG Difference Frequency Generation DFG Diode Function Generator DFG Dog Faced Gremlin ), the Feather River Fish Hatchery nurtures millions of Chinook salmon annually. Each spring, it releases more than 10 million salmon to the wild. The fish mature in the Pacific Ocean, with survivors of their life cycle migrating back up the Feather River each fall. DWR built the fish hatchery in the 1960s to mitigate loss of upstream spawning areas for construction of Oroville Dam Oroville Dam, 770 ft (235 m) high and 7,600 ft (2,317 m) long, on the Feather River, N Calif., near the city of Oroville. The largest unit of the Feather River project, the dam was built (1957–68) to provide electric power, drinking water, and irrigation for , key Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern facility for California's State Water Project. Anna Kastner of DFG manages the hatchery, which features educational exhibits and closeup viewing of salmon During the Saturday festival, non-profit vendors will provide booths and attractions in the fish hatchery parking lot. New to the hatchery venue will be a Salmon Theater where live theatrical puppet shows are scheduled to perform throughout the day. DWR will have its fishing simulator available for visitors to enjoy. Booths and displays will provide food and educational information about salmon life cycles. Nature Center Events Across the river from the hatchery, the Feather River Nature Center will once again showcase The First Salmon Ceremony, a Maidu Tribal ritual recognizing the return of salmon to the Feather River. Throughout the day, there will be Native American dancing, hand games, displays of Maidu spear fishing tools and dry-land demonstrations of spear fishing techniques Introduction Fishing is probably oldest and one of the important activity of humankind. Ancient remains of spears, hooks and fishnet have been found in ruins of the Stone Age. . Downtown Craft Show The downtown Craft Show will take place at closed off surface streets near Myers and Bird Streets. The historic State Theater downtown will feature a show of artworks by local artists, plus food booths and sales kiosks of festival participants. Events downtown will include a pancake breakfast, certified farmers' market, live music, craft fair, clowns and rides for kids, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Salmon Festival 5K Run The festival's opening event will be a new competitive five-kilometer run through historic downtown Oroville, starting at 8 a.m. The race will begin and end at the Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. A Community Festival The Salmon Festival is made possible through the efforts of many individuals, businesses and organizations active in the Oroville community. DWR is a festival cosponsor co·spon·sor tr.v. co·spon·sored, co·spon·sor·ing, co·spon·sors To function in the capacity of a joint sponsor of: corporations that cosponsored a marathon. n. , along with other public agencies, including the Department of Fish and Game and the City of Oroville, and local private sector entities, headed by the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce. More information on festival attractions is available online by contacting the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce at www.orovillechamber.net or by calling the chamber's toll-free number: 800-655-GOLD. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. |
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