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Fish Hatchery Maintenance Program

The Fish Hatchery Maintenance Program provides funding to Tribes to maintain, enhance, and upgrade fish hatcheries.

The Branch of Fisheries, Wildlife and Recreation (BFWR) provides competitive funding to federally-recognized Tribes to maintain and enhance fish hatcheries. Fish hatchery facilities are any structure used to spawn, hatch, rear, hold, care for, or stock fish and/or shellfish.

How to Apply

BFWR is not currently accepting project proposals for funding. Please check back as the 2026 Request for Funding Proposals (RFP) and application dates will be posted.

Federally-recognized Tribes may submit project proposals to the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Program contact at their Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Regional Office. Project proposals are scored according to published ranking criteria, with the highest-scoring projects receiving funding.

All project proposals must include (1) a hatchery facility description form and (2) a hatchery maintenance project proposal form for each hatchery that is part of the proposal. Both forms are included in the annual application.

Detailed information on what to include in your project proposal, ranking criteria, and information on BIA Regional Office Fish Hatchery Maintenance Program contacts can be found in the annual application linked below.

Previously Funded Fish Hatchery Maintenance Projects

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Aerial view taken in 2021 of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's Tribal fish hatchery rearing facility.
Aerial view taken in 2021 of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's Tribal fish hatchery rearing facility. The Tribe's fisheries operation stocks 261 reservation lakes and 71 miles of creeks, rivers and streams throughout Wisconsin.
Hatching jars containing walleye eggs managed by the Lac du Flambeau Tribal fish hatchery program.
Hatching jars containing walleye eggs managed by the Lac du Flambeau Tribal fish hatchery program.

Summit Lake Paiute Tribe

An adult Lahontan cutthroat trout caught during fall 2021 sampling.
An adult Lahontan cutthroat trout caught during fall 2021 sampling. The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe manages the Lahontan cutthroat trout inhabiting waters within the Summit Lake Paiute Reservation through their Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery Plan. Lahontan cutthroat trout are revered for their food value and cultural value.

Regional Contact Information

RegionContact NameEmail
AlaskaRosalie Debenham, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist[email protected]
EasternMikail Kane, Regional Natural Resource Specialist[email protected] 
Eastern OklahomaJustin Morgan[email protected] 
Great PlainsDiane Mann-Klager, Natural Resources Officer[email protected] 
MidwestDrew Becker, Wildlife and Parks, Branch Chief[email protected] 
NavajoCalvert Curley, Natural Resource Specialist[email protected] 
NorthwestAshton Harp, Fisheries Biologist[email protected] 
PacificPeter DeJongh[email protected] 
Rocky MountainsFrank D. Rollefson, Regional Wildlife Biologist[email protected] 
Southern PlainsCrystal Keys, Water Program Manager[email protected] 
SouthwestD. Chris Kitcheyan, Regional Biologist[email protected] 
WesternCatherine Wilson, Supervisory Water Rights Specialist[email protected] 

 

 

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Branch of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Recreation Central Office
1001 Indian School Road
Albuquerque, NM 87104
8:00 am - 4:30 pm MST, Monday–Friday.
[email protected]
(202) 321-8314

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