WHO WE ARE
Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is a field station within the National Fish Hatchery System of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
The National Fish Hatchery System is one division of the Fisheries and Aquatic Conservation (FAC) Program of FWS. It is comprised of over 70 hatcheries nationwide.
As the Nation’s primary steward of fish and wildlife resources, the FWS provides leadership in habitat and wetlands protection; fish and wildlife research and technical assistance; and in the conservation and protection of migratory birds, anadromous fishes, certain marine mammals, and threatened and endangered species.
WHAT WE DO
Wolf Creek NFH was established in 1975.
Our primary responsibility is to raise rainbow, brook and brown trout for mitigation and recreational stockings within the state.
Our facility produces approximately 1,000,000 trout weighing 275,000 pounds each year.
That's over $50 million dollars per year in direct economic benefits.
Wolf Creek NFH works closely with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) to stock trout into over 120 different public fishing waters within the state, including several waters controlled by the federal government, such as those within the Daniel Boone National Forest, Fort Knox, Fort Campbell, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer impoundments. No private waters are stocked. Below is our stocking map:
