Taylor Creek Visitor Center at Lake Tahoe hosts Fall Fish Festival
Celebrate the annual fall migration of the Kokanee salmon at the 2017 Fall Fish Festival held at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8.
The Taylor Creek Visitor Center is located on State Route Highway 89, three miles north of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Hosted by the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in collaboration with the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, the festival is an opportunity to learn about the variety of fish species that live in Lake Tahoe and its streams including the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout.
The festival is from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.
On Saturday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s giant inflatable fish will serve as the gateway to fun activity stations for kids. Saturday and Sunday festival mascots Lulu the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout and Sandy and Rocky Salmon will make appearances and there will be special appearances by Smokey Bear.
New this year is an iNaturalist booth and bioblitzes, which are open to anyone and family-friendly, will occur throughout the weekend. Bring smartphones with the iNaturalist app already downloaded and help catalog the natural wonders of Taylor Creek.
Learn more about iNaturalist and download the app at https://www.inaturalist.org/.
Festival events also include children’s activities, food vendors, educational booths, streamside information and Kokanee Trail Runs on Sunday sponsored by the Tahoe Mountain Milers. Go here for information on the trail runs.
The Fall Fish Festival and Oktoberfest at Historic Camp Richardson Resort occur the same weekend, so the parking lot at the visitor center fills quickly. The Forest Service encourages attendees to bike, walk or take public transportation to the event.
Go here for more information on the festival, contact the Taylor Creek Visitor Center at 530-543-2674. Go here for the video or see it below.
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