Q&A: DIPAC celebrates 50 years of salmon sustainability in Juneau

Q&A: DIPAC celebrates 50 years of salmon sustainability in Juneau

DIPAC Executive Director Katie Harms in the KTOO studio. (Photo by Mike Lane/KTOO) Douglas Island Pink and Chum celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The Juneau hatchery – commonly known as DIPAC – was founded in 1976. That was shortly after the Alaska Legislature passed a bill allowing private nonprofits to operate salmon hatcheries as a way to rehabilitate low salmon runs. KTOO’s Mike Lake talked with Executive Director Katie Harms about …