Garrison National Fish Hatchery

Station Facts Who We Are The National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) is comprised of a network of 71 Mitigation stockings in North National Fish Hatcheries which propagate Dakota include Lake Sakakawea, imperiled species for restoration and Lake Audubon & Lake Ashtabula recovery programs, provide emergency The economic impact of Lake refugia for species whose habitat is Sakakawea and Ashtabula is threatened, provide fish to benefit Tribes, estimated at $129 million and mitigate for federal water projects. Total Corps mitigation funding in NDGF was $153,000 Walleye Fishing NFH provides How We Help essentially all of the walleye, trout Appropriations for the two hatcheries in The U. S. Fish Commission was founded in and salmon stocked in this state. North Dakota were approved by Congress in the late 1980's to investigate the cause for If not fully funded mitigation response to dam construction on the the decline in fish populations and develop activities may be eliminated Missouri and Sheyenne Rivers by the Army fish hatcheries for stocking our Nation's The economic and biological impact Corps of Engineers. It was thought that waters. Fish stockings in created to the State will be felt stocking fish would compensate for the by the Federal Government historically have impacts the dam would have on natural been a public service funded by fish reproduction in the river. Fish appropriations to the Service. Over the past Contact Information stockings have had a tremendous impact decade however, Congress and our partners on fisheries providing a world class have asked that we seek reimbursement Station Manager: Rob Holm fishery and economic boost to the state. from the responsible Federal agency so base funds could be used to support native species Phone: 701/654-7451 and their habitats. Initial funding was Fax: 701/654-7683 Mitigation Stockings negotiated with the Army Corps of Engineers for FY 2010 and we anticipate Email: [email protected] Mitigation stockings are stockings that occur to offset impacts that are the result of some funding from the Corps through 2012. Web: Federal action - typically the creation of However, if the Service does not receive full http://www.fws.gov.garrisondam/ . Mitigation stockings have been reimbursement, the Fisheries Program effective in supporting the State's mitigation activities will be eliminated or Directions: recreational fisheries for decades - in fact substantially reduced at the nine hatcheries identified in the President's 2012 Budget. Located in mid-central North Dakota 70-100% of all walleye caught in our Garrison Dam NFH is one of the nine. between Bismarck and Minot. mitigation reservoirs are from the hatchery.

Rob Holm Salmon Fishing on Lake Sakawea