Paul Handy oral history transcript

Paul Handy oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Paul Handy began as a comprehensive hatchery-oriented career culturing a wide range of warm, cool, cold water species throughout the U.S. that led to managerial jobs and a training assignment in Washington, D.C. He would become a go-to person in the Portland Regional Office for the Columbia River Basin's expansive hatchery building and operation programs requiring close coordination and astute political savvy with the region's Native American Tribes, the Northwest states and other Federal agencies. Organization: FWS Name: Paul Handy Years: 1958-1985 Program: Hatcheries Keywords: History, Management, Biography, Employees (USFWS), Biologists (USFWS), Management, Fish hatcheries, Fisheries management, New London National Fish Hatchery, Spearfish National Fish Hatchery, Valley City National Fish Hatchery, Hebron National Fish Hatchery, Senecaville National Fish Hatchery
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Jerry Grover
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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 hatchery staff members hold a large seine fishing net in a pool of water.
Alchesay National Fish Hatchery serves as a "grow-out rearing unit" for brown trout and rainbow trout to be stocked in tribal waters throughout eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
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History
Fisheries management
Fish hatcheries
Employees (USFWS)
Biologists (USFWS)