Jordan River NFH Breaks Ground for Recovery Act Project Work:
Open House and Groundbreaking Ceremony to be held May 14
The Jordan River National Fish Hatchery in (NFH) Elmira, Mich., invites the public and media to an open house and groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, May 14 to mark the beginning of hatchery improvement projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects include the construction of two fish rearing buildings covering outdoor raceways, modernizing the fish hatchery effluent treatment system and installation of a geothermal heating system. Invited guests include Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI-1), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould.
WHO: Jordan River National Fish Hatchery
WHAT: 10:00 a.m. Groundbreaking Ceremony
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Open House
WHEN: May 14, 2010
WHERE: 6623 Turner Rd. Elmira, Michigan (231) 584-2461
Jordan River NFH supports native species restoration through production and stocking of lake trout for the Great Lakes, with a long term goal of establishing self-sustaining lake trout populations. The hatchery annually propagates approximately two million yearling lake trout, which are released into Lake Michigan and Lake Huron by the Service’s Great Lakes stocking vessel, the M/V Spencer F. Baird.
For additional event information, contact Roger Gordon at (231) 584-2461 or roger_gordon@fws.gov">.
For more information about the Service’s Fisheries program, visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/fisheries. For more information about the Jordan River National Fish Hatchery, visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/jordanriver
