Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

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Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is a National fish hatchery in Jamestown, Kentucky. The hatchery is run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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 approximately 1,000,000 rainbow and brown trout annually. In cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, fish are stocked into 100 different public fishing waters in the state. No private waters are stocked. The majority of the fish are stocked in waters controlled by the federal government.^[1] The hatchery is also actively engaged in the recovery and restoration of many imperiled aquatic species. These activities are carried out through on station propagation of fish and mussel species, reintroductions, and field surveys.

The hatchery's water supply comes from Lake Cumberland at a depth ranging from 25 to 100 feet below the water surface. The water temperatures will range from 40 degrees Fahrenheit to 65 degrees Fahrenheit depending on the time of year. The water gravity flows through the hatchery at rates up to 15,000 gallons per minute.^[2]

On April 4, 2007, the hatchery officially dedicated the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor/Environmental Education Center. The Center contains exhibits, classroom, indoor theater and gift shop, and large native species aquariums. The center's objective is to provide outreach programs and workshops for educating youth on environmental issues.^[3]