Ouray
Randlett, UT 84063
Plan Your Visit
Ouray National Fish Hatchery is just one of the many field stations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whose mission is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Ouray National Fish Hatchery is open to the public; however some areas are restricted (the recirculation hatchery and the Isolation Facilities) except for guided tours. Larger groups are encouraged to call ahead for a guided tour.
Ouray National Fish Hatchery is located on the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge 35.5 miles (57 km) southwest of Vernal, Utah.
Featured Species
Services
Ouray National Fish Hatchery -Randlett retains over 500 razorback sucker broodstock on station and is responsible for the stocking of 6,000 -350mm razorback sucker into the Green River each year. All razorback suckers that are released to the river are tagged with a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT), weighed, and measured prior to release. This data is placed into a data base so that field biologists can identify where these fish came from when they are captured during various studies. Ouray National Fish Hatchery also produces excess razorback sucker larvae for scientific studies, including flooded bottomlands of the Green River that serve as nursery habitat for the species, and for larval drift studies.
About
Ouray National Fish Hatchery - Randlett Unit was established in 1996 as a fish refugia and technology development facility to assist in the recovery of razorback sucker, Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail, and humpback chub.
Ouray National Fish Hatchery is a proud partner of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. The hatchery administrative office is located in a Fisheries building shared with the Green River Basin Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Utah Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery in Vernal, Utah.