Jackson National Fish Hatchery
Image:Jackson National Fish Hatchery.JPG]]Jackson National Fish Hatchery is a National fish hatchery in Jackson, Wyoming. The hatchery is run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The hatchery is physically located on the National Elk Refuge, a protected feeding ground for elk that winter in the Jackson Hole valley. The fish hatchery produces fish for a {{convert|18000|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} distribution area in Wyoming and Idaho.{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/fisheries/wy/wyoming_stocking_map.htm|title=Wyoming Fish Stocking Location Map|accessdate=2008-01-16|archive-date=2007-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218163052/http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/fisheries/wy/wyoming_stocking_map.htm|url-status=live}}
Species
The Jackson National Fish Hatchery rears one species of fish: the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki behnkei).{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/jackson/production.htm|title=Jackson Species and Production|accessdate=2014-11-20|archive-date=2014-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129200120/http://www.fws.gov/jackson/production.htm|url-status=dead}}
See also
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/jackson/index.htm|title=Jackson National Fish Hatchery|publisher=United States Fish and Wildlife Service}}
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