Jackson National Fish Hatchery

Jackson National Fish Hatchery in Jackson, Wyoming

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 18,000-square-mile (47,000 km²) distribution area in Wyoming and Idaho.^[1]

Species

The Jackson National Fish Hatchery rears one species of fish: the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki behnkei).^[2]

National Parks:	Grand Teton Yellowstone

National Monuments:	Devils Tower Fossil Butte

National Historic Sites:	Fort Laramie

National Historic Trails:	California Trail Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express

National Wildlife Refuges:	Bamforth Cokeville Meadows Hutton Lake Mortenson Lake Pathfinder Seedskadee National Elk Refuge Jackson National Fish Hatchery

National Recreation Areas:	Bighorn Canyon Flaming Gorge (USFS)

National Forests:	Ashley Bighorn Bridger-Teton Medicine Bow - Routt Shoshone Caribou-Targhee

National Grasslands:	Thunder Basin

Wilderness Areas:	Absaroka-Beartooth Bridger Cloud Peak Encampment River Fitzpatrick Gros Ventre Huston Park Jedediah Smith North Absaroka Platte River Popo Agie Savage Run Teton Washakie Winegar Hole

State Parks:	Bear River Boysen Buffalo Bill Curt Gowdy Edness K. Wilkins Glendo Guernsey Hawk Springs Hot Springs Keyhole Seminoe Sinks Canyon

State Historical Sites:	Ames Monument Connor Battlefield Fort Bridger Fort Fetterman Fort Fred Steele Fort Phil Kearny Granger Stage Station Governors' Mansion Independence Rock Legend Rock Names Hill Oregon Trail Ruts Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Point of Rocks Stage Station Register Cliff South Pass City Trail End Pioneer Memorial Museum Territorial Park Medicine Lodge

County Parks:	Ayres Natural Bridge

Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites (web)

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