The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that Timothy Schroeder, Maintenance Worker at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, South Dakota, was named Fisheries Employee of the Year for 2004 for the Mountain-Prairie Region.
The maintenance and construction program at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in 2004 was almost $2 million. Projects included installing new water lines, replacing underground valves, repairing pond kettles and assembling tanks. Schroeder was also instrumental in the successful construction of a new advanced rearing and broodstock broodstock
The reproductively mature adults in a population that breed (or spawn) and produce more individuals (offspring or progeny).
Learn more about broodstock holding facility for pallid sturgeon.
"Tim was instrumental in the success of our maintenance and construction program last year, said Herb Bollig, Project Leader at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery. "By doing this valuable work, Tim has contributed to the management, conservation, and restoration of the paddlefish and endangered pallid sturgeon. This award is well deserved."
