UPDATE: Hydraulic Fluid Leak at Clearwater and Dworshak Fish Hatcheries Contained

UPDATE: Hydraulic Fluid Leak at Clearwater and Dworshak Fish Hatcheries Contained

OROFINO, ID – A hydraulic fluid leak from a small hydropower plant at Clearwater and Dworshak Fish Hatcheries was quickly contained after staff detected an oily sheen in the fish-rearing raceways early Wednesday, Feb. 26. Personnel from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries identified the source of the leak as the hydroelectric generator on the main water supply pipeline for both hatcheries. The leaked fluid was…