Come celebrate the Wild Rose Hatchery Fall Fish Migration Event, Oct. 28

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Celebrate the Annual Fall Salmon Migration at Wild Rose Hatchery Education Center with fish games and activities for all ages on Saturday, Oct. 28.
Swim upriver like salmon on their migration journey to spawning areas in an obstacle course. Kids can learn to cast and identify fish. Other fish activities include fish printing, make-and-take clay fish, salmon food chain Jenga, and viewing the last of their 10-year-old brown trout in the original 1908 hatchery. Guided tours meet in the Education Center for tours of the new hatchery. Visitor hours for this event on Saturday, Oct. 28 are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be a brat fry in the lower parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Wild Rose Mill restoration project.
For event questions or to schedule Group Tours for 10 or more people, email joan.voigt@wisconsin.gov or call (920) 622-3527, Ext. 209. The Wild Rose Hatchery Visitor Center is located ¼ mile north of the Village of Wild Rose on the West side of the highway at N5871 State Road 22.
The Hatchery is closed to visitors and vehicle traffic from November through March.