Tyler Hern

Tyler Hern - Lahontan trout
Project Leader
Erwin National Fish Hatchery
Fish and Aquatic Conservation
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About Tyler Hern

Tyler Hern is the Supervisory Fish Biologist at Erwin National Fish Hatchery. Tyler is a native of West Virginia, earning his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and his master’s in Biology from Marshall University. His previous employment includes positions with West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Cooperative Research Unit, and Environmental Solutions and Innovations. Tyler began his career with USFWS in 2014 as a Fish Biologist at White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery before his move to Erwin in 2018. Since then, Tyler has been instrumental in maintaining existing broodstock broodstock
The reproductively mature adults in a population that breed (or spawn) and produce more individuals (offspring or progeny).

Learn more about broodstock programs here as well as developing new programs with freshwater mussel conservation and pollinator gardens. 

Additional roles
Malacologist
Species expertise
Onchorynchus mykiss
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Round Hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda)
Appalachian Elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
Areas of expertise
National Broodstock Program
Inland Salmonid Production
Freshwater Mussel Propagation

In The News

23 freshwater mussels laid out on a white mesh bag, next to a pair of calipers.
Searching for the Alabama Lampmussel
Staff from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service are working together to find and recover the Alabama Lampmussel.
Invasive zebra mussels
Our People
Region 4 Dive Team: Operation Zebra Safari
Region 4 Dive Team members respond to mission critical request to identify invasive zebra mussels in dive quarry within 48 hours.
Small bat with long ears held by two hands wearing blue gloves
Endangered Species Act
Bat Week
In October, some people turn to movies for scary thrills. Many films portray bats as nefarious little creatures whose bite turns normal people into vampires and causes all other kinds of havoc. That’s in the movies. In real life, bats are more helpful than hurtful.
Round Hickorynut mussels
Endangered Species Act
The Hustle for Mussels
With Round Hickorynut spawning season dwindling, staff at Erwin NFH had to act fast to collect gravid females for conservation efforts!