Larry Sisk oral history transcript

This is the transcript of the Larry Sisk oral history interview with Dorothe Norton. Mr. Sisk discusses early life growing up in Central Kansas, his military time, meeting his wife, and working for the Fish and Wildlife Service. He talks about the various hatcheries he worked at, policies he worked on, and his views on the politics of the Service. Organization: FWS Name: Larry Sisk Years: Program: Ecological Services, Hatcheries, Regional Office (Minnesota) Keywords: History, Biography, Personnel, Fish hatcheries, Training, military, employee, public attitudes, politics, work of the Service, Senecaville National Fish Hatchery in Ohio, Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery in North Dakota, D.C. Booth National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota, Jordan River National Fish Hatchery in Michigan, Hebron National Fish Hatchery in Ohio, Regional Office in Minneapolis, Arden Trandahl, Bill White, Chuck Sowers, Artie Stolz, Bob Burwell, Jack Hemphill, John Gottschalk, 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement .
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Dorothe Norton
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Brood stock Bloater at Jordan River NFH
Jordan River National Fish Hatchery was founded in 1965. The hatchery currently raises cisco, lake trout and rainbow trout that total 3 million fish per year for conservation efforts in and around the Great Lakes. This is accomplished with federal, provincial, state and tribal partners.
Jars of walleye eggs
Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery plays a key role in providing quality fishing opportunities throughout the Great Plains Region and in restoring the endangered pallid sturgeon in its northern range.
Two young boys sit on the edge of a stone walled pond and feed the trout and ducks. The historic 1899 hatchery building is visible in the background.
Established in 1896, D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives, formerly Spearfish National Fish Hatchery, is one of the oldest operating hatcheries in the country dedicated to fish culture and resource management. Still raising and stocking trout in regional federal waters, the...
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Work of the Service
Training
History
Fish hatcheries
Employees (USFWS)