SAPPHO — Statewide budget cuts could mean the closure of the Sol Duc Fish Hatchery and the elimination of three full-time jobs.
State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed Tuesday they are studying the possible closure of the hatchery, which rears and releases more than 1 million fish annually into the Sol Duc River just west of Sappho.
The hatchery’s interpretive center on Pavel Road, just south of U.S. Highway 101, is also on the budget chopping block.