*Please call Erica (608)689-2605 #127 or email erica_rasmussen@fws.gov for setting up a date and time to volunteer. Thank you! ? Sorting fathead minnows (Mid-March)? Tagging Lake Sturgeon (August/September)? Pond Harvest (October)? Kids Ice Fishing Day (2/1/25) & Kids Fishing Day … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) annually stocks more than a million brook trout of different life stages across the country. In the Midwest region, Iron River National Fish Hatchery maintains a captive line of Isle Royale strain coaster … Continue reading
The late fall is a busy time for Genoa NFH’s freshwater mussel program. Staff and volunteers have been gathering juvenile mussels from various growing season culture systems and getting them settled into over-winter systems in the mussel building at the … Continue reading
Each fall, the previous year’s cohort of Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly larvae are packed up and transferred to overwintering culture systems at the University of South Dakota, and at the same time the new year’s cohort of eggs arrives. The larvae … Continue reading
What another amazing experience for first time waterfowl hunters! The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered for a second year to put on a learn to hunt waterfowl event specifically … Continue reading
Come join us! The FREE annual Waterfowl Observation Day celebration hosted by the Friends of the Refuge – Mississippi River Pools 7 & 8 (FOR78), the Friends of the Upper Mississippi River (FUM), and the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife … Continue reading
This year Genoa National Fish Hatchery staff collected lake sturgeon eggs from the Wolf, Wisconsin, Rainy, St. Clair and Sturgeon Rivers. Throughout the summer hatchery biologists, pathways students and youth conservation corp. enrollees have their hands full feeding and caring … Continue reading
As early fall water temperatures begin to drop in the St Croix River, female Winged Mapleleaf mussels are ready to have their glochidia attach to host fish. They display a lure that helps to attract channel catfish closer to the … Continue reading
As the lake sturgeon head out the door it’s time to see if all our hard worked paid off this summer in our ponds. Each year we raise many different species in our ponds including Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, … Continue reading
Hi friends, starting the week of Aug 19th the hatchery could use some help tagging sturgeon. If you are interested please contact Erica at 608-689-2605 for days and times available. As usual, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you … Continue reading