Welcome to the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery!

Our mission is to protect, conserve, and restore native fishes in the northeastern United States in order to sustain valuable fisheries and support recreational fishing for the benefit of the public.

Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery (NFH) is a 35-acre U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility located in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The hatchery was authorized by Congress in 1906 and constructed in 1909 to produce brook trout, char and Atlantic salmon for stocking the waters of Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire. The primary water supply, Furnace Brook, is a clean, soft water stream with high oxygen content. It also provides the seasonal fluctuations in temperature, hardness, and pH that closely approximate what the fish would encounter in nature. This results in fish better adapted to their natural environment.

Over one hundred years later, we are still rearing landlocked Atlantic salmon - for anglers to the Lake Champlain basin. We also are rearing lake trout for the recreational fishery in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.  And we are raising brook trout for Vermont’s anglers.

Our hatchery is open to visitors to enjoy the grounds, and view some of our fish. We also offer tours to groups as time allows within our fish-rearing duties; please call ahead so we can put you on our schedule.