The Great American Hatchery Road Trip - Dwight D. Eisenhower Infographic

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery is a 35-acre facility located in the lush Green Mountains of Vermont. The

hatchery was constructed in 1909 and over 100 years later, is still rearing landlocked Atlantic salmon. The hatchery also raises lake trout and brook trout for recreational fishing in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain and brook trout for Vermont’s

anglers.

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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery is a 35-acre U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Congress authorized our hatchery in 1906 and in 1909 it was constructed to produce brook trout, char and Atlantic salmon for stocking the waters of Vermont, New...
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The Fish and Aquatic Conservation programs work together to deliver resilient habitats, healthy fish, connected people, and strong partnerships. From habitat restoration to aquatic invasive species prevention, captive breeding to population assessment and monitoring, our programs are driven by the...
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The National Fish Hatchery System raises millions of fish and aquatic wildlife to improve sustainable recreational fishing, support fisheries that have been impacted by a federal dam, recover federally listed threatened or endangered species, fulfill our Tribal Trust responsibilities, and prevent...
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Fish hatcheries
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