Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery

Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery is the leading role in the production of the threatened Apache trout, a rare trout native only to Arizona. We are the only hatchery in the nation to have a captive broodstock broodstock
The reproductively mature adults in a population that breed (or spawn) and produce more individuals (offspring or progeny).

Learn more about broodstock of Apache trout. The hatchery provides fishing opportunities of the rare Apache trout in multiple lakes and streams within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.