U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie Region Flickr Update

Latest update from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region Winter Sunrise 06/15/2021 06:35 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: The sun rises on a snowy winter morning at Jackson National Fish Hatchery in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Stocking in the Wilderness 06/15/2021 06:28 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: A special container is filled with water and small fish from Jackson National Fish Hatchery that are destined to be stocked in the wilderness via helicopter transport. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Helicopter Transport 06/15/2021 06:28 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Small fish from Jackson National Fish Hatchery that are stocked in the Wind River Reservation arrive by helicopter. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Mascots on the 4th of July 06/15/2021 06:21 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Puddles, the US Fish and Wildlife Service mascot, poses with the National Elk Refuge mascot during a 4th of July parade. Jackson National Fish Hatchery is unique because it is physically located on on the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Biking to the Hatchery 06/15/2021 06:21 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Thanks to a bike path leading from downtown Jackson, Wyoming to Jackson National Fish Hatchery, visitors occasionally arrive by bicycle. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Discussing the Kendall Warm Springs Dace 06/15/2021 06:12 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Rob Wallace, Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, discusses the endangered Kendall Warm Springs Dace with Aida Farag (USGS). Jackson National Fish Hatchery houses a refugia population of the Kendall Warm Springs Dace. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Visitors to Jackson National Fish Hatchery are Transcontinental 06/15/2021 06:00 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Visitors to Jackson National Fish Hatchery can mark their hometown using a thumbtack on this large map. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Robins' Nest 06/15/2021 06:00 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: A nest full of robin hatchlings that was found in a storage building at Jackson National Fish Hatchery. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Golden Eagle Duo 06/15/2021 06:00 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: A pair of golden eagles photographed at Jackson National Fish Hatchery in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Fishing Sleeping Indian Pond 06/15/2021 05:48 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: A child fishes solo at the Sleeping Indian Pond, where Jackson National Fish Hatchery visitors may fish daily from 8-4pm. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Snake River Cutthroat Trout Samples 06/15/2021 05:48 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Every two weeks the Snake River cutthroat trout at Jackson National Fish Hatchery are sample counted for growth and feed calculations. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Snake River Cutthroat Trout Eggs 06/15/2021 05:48 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: These cutthroat trout eggs at Jackson National Fish Hatchery are in the "eyed" stage. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Snake River Cutthroat Trout Broodstock 06/15/2021 05:48 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Adult Snake River cutthroat trout that are broodstock for spawning conducted at Jackson National Fish Hatchery. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Relocating Snake River Cutthroat Trout 06/15/2021 05:48 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Snake River cutthroat trout are moved to outdoor raceways due to the high density within the indoor tanks at Jackson National Fish Hatchery. Photo: Liz Sunshine/USFWS Horsethief Canyon Native Fish Facility Ponds 06/15/2021 05:05 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Once acclimated, bonytail are released into a grow-out pond at Horsethief Canyon Native Fish Facility until they are again moved to the 24 Road Hatchery indoor facility during the cold winter months. Photo: Brian Scheer/USFWS Acclimating New Bonytail 06/15/2021 04:49 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Brian Scheer and Haden VanWinkle work to acclimate around 5,000 bonytail within a plastic bag before releasing them into a pond. The water temperature and pH within the bag is gradually manipulated through the introduction of pond water and sodium biocarbonate. Photo: Andrew Disch/USFWS Buglight on Bonytail Pond 06/15/2021 04:41 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: A "Bug light" over a bonytail pond attracts insects and whips them into the water, further adding to the natural diet of the young fish at Horsethief Canyon Native Fish Facility. Photo: Brian Scheer/USFWS Plankton in Fry Ponds 06/15/2021 04:37 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Haden VanWinkle pulls a plankton net across a bonytail fry pond at Horsethief Canyon Native Fish Facility (HCNFF) to create a healthy planktonic community that will act as an important primary food source when the small fish are introduced into the pond. Photo: Brian Scheer/USFWS Releasing Fish Through a Fish Passage 06/15/2021 04:26 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Tyler Walton releases fish into the Gunnison River above the Redlands Diversion Dam using this holding tank. Above the Dam is nearly 50 miles of Critical Habitat that had been inaccessible for almost 80 years. Photo: Mike Gross/USFWs Recording Fish Data 06/15/2021 04:18 PM EDT USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Biologists Bill Hilzer and Tyler Walton gather data on endangered species swimming through the Redlands Diversion Dam fish passage including Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag numbers, length, weight, sexual maturity information, and more. Photo: Mike Gross/USFWS   manage preferences  |  unsubscribe  |  help  |  contact us This email was sent to stevenmagallanes520.nims@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · 707 17th St, Suite 4000 · Denver, CO 80202