Jerry Grover oral history transcript

Narrative by Jerry Grover of his career with the Fish and Wildlife Service. Jerry Grover was the first with a number of National Fish Hatcheries that eventually led to the position as Chief of the National Fish Hatchery System. The last 20 years before retirement, Jerry was a supervisor of field operations in both the Fishery program and Ecological Services program Deputy mostly on the West coast dealing with a wide range of contentious issues in fish husbandry of anadromous fishes and their habitats and basin-wide restoration programs. Organization: FWS Name: Jerry Grover Years: 1961-1997 Program: Hatcheries Keywords: History, Biography, Employee, Biologist, Hatcheries, Management, Fish ponds, Training, Fish husbandry, Department Training Program, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Tribal lands conservation, Administration, Endangered Species, Young People (YACC), Area offices, Fish production, Klamath River Fish and Wildlife Restor
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A colorful red and blue fish underwater looking into the camera
White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery is located along the historic Midland Trail in the heart of the Allegheny Highlands of southeast West Virginia.
Tray of rainbow trout eggs
Ennis National Fish Hatchery is the largest facility in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Broodstock Program. It is one of only two rainbow trout broodstock hatcheries in the National Fish Hatchery System. The hatchery currently raise seven different strains of rainbow trout.
Thousands of vibrant orange Atlantic salmon eggs show small black eyes
Craig Brook NFH currently functions as a conservation hatchery for the last remaining natural populations of Atlantic salmon in the United States for seven river specific brood stocks.
Adult Chinook Salmon swimming in McAllister Springs in WA State
Welcome to Carson National Fish Hatchery! Constructed in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corp, we raise and release 1.52 million spring Chinook salmon each year to mitigate fishery losses due to hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. Furthermore, we belong to a Complex of hatcheries along the...
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Youth
Work of the Service
Tribal lands
Training
History
Floods
Fishes
Fisheries management
Fisheries
Fish hatcheries
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Employees (USFWS)
Biologists (USFWS)