Marina ready for the summer crowd

Elochoman Slough Marina is ready for increased summer visitors, Wahkiakum Port District Commissioners heard at their June 14 meeting.

In order to accommodate the larger vessels that visit during summer months, Port Manager Jackie Lea reported that her employees had removed four fingers from a section of dock reserved as transient moorage.

Lea said that she anticipated an increase in revenue due to summer chinook salmon season, which opened June 16 and is scheduled to run until July 1.

Wahkiakum County’s Marine Resources Committee will fund a new fish cleaning station once the project receives approval from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Lea added that she had received many customer suggestions about replacing the current station.

The commissioners thanked Cathlamet resident Cindy Hilton for her donation of a golf cart for the use of port staff. Hilton made the donation in memory of her husband Gregg, who died in August, 2011.