Join the DNR on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an open house event at N3884 Ransom Moore Lane in Kewaunee. This free annual event will give attendees an opportunity to watch salmon egg collection demonstrations, enjoy educational displays and view presentations. The Algoma Kewaunee Great Lakes Sport Fishermen will be on hand to provide wagon rides to the facility from the parking area from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
People of all ages and backgrounds are invited and encouraged to attend.
The Besadny Anadromous Fish Facility is the first step in stocking trout and salmon in Lake Michigan. Returning adult trout and salmon are collected during their spawning run up the Kewaunee River to collect eggs to produce fish for stocking in the following year. Eggs from the facility are taken to other hatcheries to be raised and stocked back into Lake Michigan and its tributaries to support the Great Lakes sport fishery for years to come.
