Kooskia National Fish Hatchery is a "mitigation" hatchery located on the Clearwater River within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation near Kooskia, in north-central Idaho. Construction began in 1966 by the Army Corps of Engineers. With funding provided by the United States per a water rights settlement the hatchery is managed and operated by the Nez Perce Tribe. The production goal is to raise and release up to 600,000 juvenile spring Chinook salmon annually.
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The fish hatchery was the site of Looking Glass's village which was attacked on July 1, 1877 by U.S. army soldiers. Looking Glass subsequently joined Chief Joseph to become a leader in the Nez Perce War. A plaque describing the event and a nature trail on the site have been established by the Nez Perce.