Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

• 

  Last Login: May 15th, 2012

  Age:	22
  Your Location:	Jamestown, Kentucky
  About You:	Conserving America’s Fisheries Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery (NFH) was constructed in 1975, making it one of the most recently constructed hatcheries in the federal system. The station currently produces over 1,000,000 rainbow, brown and brook trout each year. These fish are stocked into over 100 different public waters in Kentucky in close partnership with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Wolf Creek NFH is also working toward the recovery of several endangered species, including the Relict darter, Spotfin chub and the Barrens topminnow. Visitation to the hatchery is over 100,000 annually. In September 2006, the hatchery officially opened the Visitor/Environmental Education Center. The facility is currently the first and only center of its kind in the Southeast Region. Through state-of-the-art exhibits, classroom, indoor theater and gift shop, the center serves as a fun and engaging learning resource for all visitors, especially school children from the region. The center also offers a myriad of outreach programs and workshops (including the annual Catch a Rainbow Kids Fishing Derby, held on the first Saturday in June each year) and has launched the Biologist in Training (BiT) Program, an aquatic environmental education curriculum, which is designed for hatcheries and tailored to meet the needs of teachers in Kentucky. The facility is supported by the Friends of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, Inc. and a strong volunteer staff. For more information about Wolf Creek NFH, visit www.fws.gov/wolfcreek Become a fan of Wolf Creek NFH on Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/WolfCre... Trout-tastic tweets from the hatchery on Twitter - twitter.com/WolfCreekNFH Jan – Apr: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm CST daily May – Oct: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CST daily Nov – Dec: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm CST daily **Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is open 7 days per week, 365 days per year. The Visitor/Environmental Education Center closes only on Christmas Day.
  Favorite Species of Fish:	-What kind of fish do you raise? Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is a coldwater fish hatchery, which means we raise fish that do best in water temperatures below 60 degrees. Species currently in production at this facility are rainbow, brown, and brook trout. -What size are the fish when stocked? A small number of fish are stocked at four inches, six inches, and eight inches to meet specific management needs. The majority of our fish are stocked as a catchable nine inch fish. -Where do you stock the fish raised there? Most of the fish are stocked into federal mitigation waters in Kentucky. The other fish are provided to the Commonwealth of Kentucky under a reimbursable agreement to meet management goals in state controlled waters. More than 100 different waters in Kentucky are stocked with trout from this facility. A small number of fingerlings are provided to the Cherokee Indian Tribe in North Carolina. Take a look at whats biting at Hatchery Creek! lakecumberland.com/allcamz.php... U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is one of 70 units in the National Fish Hatchery System. As a vital component of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), the Fisheries Program has played an important role in conserving America’s fisheries since 1871. Today, it is a key partner with States, Tribes, other Federal agencies, other Service Programs, conservation organizations and private interests in a larger effort to conserve fish and other aquatic resources. The mission of the Service encompasses a variety of other programs including National Wildlife Refuges, Ecological Services, Mapping/GIS Support, Federal Assistance, Law Enforcement and Migratory Birds. Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is one of 14 Federal hatcheries located in the southeast region. These hatcheries serve a vital role in the management of our fishery resources.
  Number of Anglers Invited:	5
• » add as a buddy