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Sean Henderson, Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, tosses feed to growing chinook salmon in one of the indoor raceways at the facility.
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RIVERDALE – Babysitting 400,000 kids is a pretty remarkable undertaking. That’s what Sean Henderson is doing, in a sense, at the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery. Henderson is tasked with rearing chinook salmon.
“We’ve had a good year. No real issues. Knock on wood,” said Henderson while watching thousands of young chinook, or King salmon, swim in unison in a raceway at the facility’s hatchery building. “We’ll inventory them at the end of this month but, based on what we’re feeding, I think we’re right on with our numbers.”