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Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery provides many exciting visitor opportunities, and contributes to local communities. Waterfowl, fish and a variety of birds and mammals can be viewed in their natural surroundings year-around. 

Open to the public, the hatchery welcomes visitors for a close-up view of the fish production process. With over 10,000 visitors annually, the dedicated staff and volunteers at the hatchery are happy to answer any questions while you enjoy a hatchery tour. A visitor center at the hatchery complete with five 400 gallon aquariums will give you the pleasure of viewing the fishes of North Dakota in their environment.

Location and Contact Information

This Federal hatchery provides in excess of 10 million native fish annually for restoration stockings or balancing fish populations in hundreds of waters.

Group tours are available year-around with prior reservations  for our accessible facility. For reservations call 701-654-7451 and we would be happy to schedule a tour for you. The tour takes about an hour and the admission is free.

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery produces in excess of 25 tons of trout and salmon annually for stocking into North Dakota waters. State game and fish agencies in several states such as North Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada do not operate hatcheries for cool water fish species such as walleye and pike, and rely on the National Fish Hatchery System to produce these species. In some years, South Dakota and Montana are also provided fish or eggs to cover their fish requests.

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Native species like walleye, northern pike, pallid sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon and non-native fishes such as chinook salmon, and brown, rainbow, and cutthroat trout, are raised at Garrison Dam NFH annually, each for specific stocking purposes.

Other fish species that are occasionally produced here at Garrison Dam NFH include paddlefish, yellow perch, sauger, burbot, muskellunge, crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and bluegill.

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Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery

530 Hatchery Road Riverdale, North Dakota 58565

Garrison Dam National Fish hatchery Provides management and production of many freshwater fishes for the Missouri River Dam development projects, National Wildlife Refuges, Native American waters, and state programs of North Dakota.

Visitors are welcome to the hatchery for a close-up viewof the fish production process. A visitor center completewith five 400 gallon aquariums will give you the pleasure of viewing the fishes of North Dakota in their environment. Daily tours, free admission, are available at 11:00am or 1:00pm from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The hatchery also has over 3 miles of trails that provide an excellent opportunity for wildlife observation & bird watching. Hiking, mountain biking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing can be enjoyed.

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Daily Tours Available at 11:00am or 1:00pm, Memorial Day-Labor Day

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery

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Since 1998 the many acres of ponds in this hatchery by the Garrison Dam have raised and released thousands of native fish back into the Missouri River. The goal was to help maintain the ecosystem since the construction of the Garrison Dam was completed in 1954. Visitors interested in the process of fish conversation can stop inside for a tour. Featured species of fish that are raised in the hatchery include Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, and Northern Pike. Every September with the help of the Great Planers Trout and Salmon Club the Garrison Dam National Hatchery hosts the annual Kids Fishing Day which is a great family event, especially for those with a budding interest in fishing. Visitors can also hike outside the hatchery through the River Loop Trail or the Hatchery Loop through the wetlands. From Memorial Day to Labor Day people can see the fish through one of the five 300-gallon aquariums.

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If you know the North Country Trail, you know the Western Terminus is located in Lake Sakakawea State Park in North Dakota, but there are a number of additional features and attractions to explore nearby. Improve your NCT (and North Dakota) knowledge and plan your next adventure!

• Did you know Lake Sakakawea is the second largest man-made lake in size within the U.S.? Created in 1954 with the completion of the Garrison Dam (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), it’s 178 miles long and averages between two and three miles wide, though it reaches a maximum width of 14 miles. Sadly, creation of the lake displaced most of the productive farmland of the Three Affiliated Tribes and forced the relocation of thousands of Native Americans – many to New Town, ND which replaced a couple of communities inundated by the reservoir.
• The nearly 15,000-acre Audubon National Wildlife Refuge hosts some of the newest miles of the NCT. (Volunteers interested in furthering these efforts should contact the Regional Trail Coordinator for North Dakota, Matt Davis, at [email protected]!) It was originally designated as the Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge in 1955, but renamed in 1967 for the artist and naturalist, John James Audubon. He passed through the area is the mid-1800’s and chronicled birds (246 have been observed in the refuge) and mammals for his future books. The area is known for migratory birds and shorebirds.

• The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is located below the dam, and is the world’s largest walleye and northern pike producing hatchery. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service also works at the hatchery to restore endangered riverine fish species like the pallid sturgeon.
• The City of Riverdale (pop. 225), which the NCT currently runs right through, was the “company town” created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1946. It remained a federally owned town until 1986 when it became North Dakota’s newest city. The high school is now run as a hotel.
• At the east end of Lake Audubon is the outlet and start of the McClusky Canal, which the NCT follows for the next 70+ miles. The canal is part of the Garrison Diversion federal water project, whose original purpose was to mitigate for North Dakota agricultural land flooded by Lake Sakakawea by providing water for irrigation projects. The Lonetree Wildlife Management Area, which hosts a 32-mile segment of the NCT, was supposed to be a storage reservoir in between the McClusky and New Rockford Canal segments. The project stalled in the 1980’s and has been reformulated to deliver water to cities in eastern North Dakota. All of the canals’ structures are maintained by the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District.

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Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is one of the largest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hatcheries in the Nation. We raise a wide variety of fish species including walleye, Northern pike, trout, Chinook salmon, paddlefish, muskie, burbot, the endangered Pallid sturgeon, and Shovelnose sturgeon. The hatchery is located directly below Lake Sakakawea on the banks of the Missouri River. If you enjoy outdoor recreation, plenty of opportunities exist in this area, including fishing, boating, birding, hiking, camping, hunting...it is all right here!

The hatchery staff relies on volunteers to conduct informative tours of the hatchery to our visitors. Tour groups range from a few visitors to bus loads of school kids anxious to see and learn about the hatchery. We like to involve our volunteers wherever possible which may be spawning fish, caring for trout and managing aquariums. We work with the volunteers to find a schedule that meets the needs of the visitor center. The Visitor Center is open from 9:00-3:30 M-F, 10:00-3:00 Sat-Sun & Holidays.

Fish Production  - Early Spring marks the beginning of the cycle of life for many of our native fishes; Northern Pike and Walleye. The fishery biologists capture the adult fish and they are stripped of eggs and milt at the shore site. The eggs are brought to the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery where they are incubated in special hatching jars. The newly hatched fry emerge from the eggs in about two weeks. It will be another week before the fry are able to swim or feed. The ‘swim-up’ fry spend the last month of their stay at the hatchery in outdoor ponds which have an abundance of zooplankton, the food necessary to provide for the rapid growth. At the month’s end, the fry are now called fingerlings and ready for stocking into area lakes. Sturgeon are spawned in late June. Coldwater species, trout and salmon, are at the station year-around, however if you visit the station in October, you will be able to witness the annual migration of chinook salmon up the hatchery's effluent stream and watch as eggs are collected from these awesome fish. 

Location in ND  - The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is located in central North Dakota, an hour’s drive from Minot or Bismarck. You will only be a couple miles from Riverdale and Pick City which have outstanding some of the best restaurant's but you will need to drive about 30 miles for groceries, a drug stores, clinics and hardware stores,

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Downstream Campground (ND)

Sakakawea Lake

The Downstream Campground is located on the East bank of the Missouri River below the Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea. The area offers a wide variety of recreational activities, including boating, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, sailing, scuba diving, bird watching, and hunting. In the winter time the area offers a cross country ski trails and bow hunting opportunities.  

For more information, please visit the Garrision Dam & Lake Sakakawea website here . 

The campground consists of three loops with 98 electrical sites with either a 50/30/20 amp or 30/20 amp service and one loop for primitive camping with 16 primitive campsites; all sites have picnic tables and grills. Several amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water, a fill and dump station, paved roads, paved sites, playground equipment, volleyball, and horseshoe pits.

Need to Know

• For reservations please call, 1-877-444-6777

For campground information call, (701) 654-7440

• For park ranger staff call, (701) 654-7411
• Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

OHV's, Golf Carts, ATV's are NOT allowed within Campground. 

• Only one camping unit (RV/tent) is allowed per campsite; doubling up is not permitted. Other local rules may apply.

Required equipment of either a RV, Trailer or Tent must be placed on reserved site. 

Natural Features

The campground is located in a beautiful nautral cottonwood forest and is situated along the Missouri River with open grassy areas. Walk along the sand dunes along the Missouri River or the miles of walking trails leading to the National Fish Hatchery and trout fishing pond.

Nearby Attractions

• Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is minutes from the campground and is open to the public. A visitor center, complete with five 400-gallon aquariums, provides great opportunities to view the fish of North Dakota in their environment.  
• The Garrison Dam Power Plant offers tours during the months of June, July and the first part of August on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 2pm.
• Lake Sakakawea State Park  
• Audubon National Wildlife Refuge

The Missouri River and Lake Sakakawea offers excellent boating, fishing, and hunting opportunities. Several state record fish have been caught down below the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River Tailrace and in Lake Sakakawea. Anglers fish for walleye, sauger, northern pike, bass, bluegill, crappie, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, white bass, large mouth and small mouth bass. Chinook salmon can be also found in the lake, the only body of water in the state with this species. The best catfishing around is found directly below Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. Younger visitors love the three playgrounds in the campground, while the volleyball courts and horseshoe pits are enjoyed by campers of all ages. There is an amphiteater located in the campground which offers events for families with kids. Saturday nights usually show a outdoor movie and offer games or ranger staff to provide a interpretive program. The nearby trout fishing pond has a fishing pier for easy access along miles of hiking and biking trails leading to the National Fish Hatchery for hours of family filled fun! The Riverdale State Wildlife Management Area is also located directly across the campground and offers great hunting opportunities, its 2,250 wooded acres are open to hunting for deer, pheasants, sharp-tail grouse, cottontail rabbits, and tree squirrels during open seasons.

Changes & Cancellations

Reservation changes and cancellations can be made on Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777.  

For more information on rules and policies regarding reservation cancellations and changes, please visit: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies .  

Contact Information

Mailing address.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GARRISON PROJECT OFFICE P.O. BOX 527 RIVERDALE ND 58565

Phone Number

For campground inquiries, please call: FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: FROM MAY 15 - SEPT 15: 701-654-7440; FROM SEPT 16 - MAY 14: 701-654-7411. FOR RESERVATIONS, PLEASE CALL 877-444-6777.

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Driving Directions

• From Bismarck, North Dakota, take Highway 83 north and turn left on Highway 200 west toward Riverdale. After crossing the Spillway Bridge, take a left on Tow Road. At bottom intersection of the dam, turn left and go 1/4 mile east, then turn right onto the campground access road.
• From Minot, North Dakota, take Highway 83 south and turn right onto Highway 48. At intersection, turn right onto Highway 200 west toward Riverdale. After crossing the Spillway Bridge, take a left on Tow Road. At bottom intersection of the dam, turn left and go 1/4 mile east, then turn right onto the campground access road.

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Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is one of the largest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hatcheries in the Nation. We raise a wide variety of fish species including walleye, Northern pike, trout, Chinook salmon, paddlefish, muskie, burbot, the endangered Pallid sturgeon, and Shovelnose sturgeon. The hatchery is located directly below Lake Sakakawea on the banks of the Missouri River. If you enjoy outdoor recreation, plenty of opportunities exist in this area, including fishing, boating, birding, hiking, camping, hunting...it is all right here!

The hatchery staff relies on volunteers to conduct informative tours of the hatchery to our visitors. Tour groups range from a few visitors to bus loads of school kids anxious to see and learn about the hatchery. We like to involve our volunteers wherever possible which may be spawning fish, caring for trout and managing aquariums. We work with the volunteers to find a schedule that meets the needs of the visitor center. The Visitor Center is open from 9:00-3:30 M-F, 10:00-3:00 Sat-Sun & Holidays.

Fish Production - Early Spring marks the beginning of the cycle of life for many of our native fishes; Northern Pike and Walleye. The fishery biologists capture the adult fish and they are stripped of eggs and milt at the shore site. The eggs are brought to the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery where they are incubated in special hatching jars. The newly hatched fry emerge from the eggs in about two weeks. It will be another week before the fry are able to swim or feed. The 'swim-up’ fry spend the last month of their stay at the hatchery in outdoor ponds which have an abundance of zooplankton, the food necessary to provide for the rapid growth. At the month’s end, the fry are now called fingerlings and ready for stocking into area lakes. Sturgeon are spawned in late June. Coldwater species, trout and salmon, are at the station year-around, however if you visit the station in October, you will be able to witness the annual migration of chinook salmon up the hatchery's effluent stream and watch as eggs are collected from these awesome fish.

Location in ND - The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is located in central North Dakota, an hour’s drive from Minot or Bismarck. You will only be a couple miles from Riverdale and Pick City which have outstanding some of the best restaurant's but you will need to drive about 30 miles for groceries, a drug stores, clinics and hardware stores,

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Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the premier government agency dedicated to the conservation, protection, and enhancement of fish, wildlife and plants, and their habitats. We are the only agency in the federal government whose primary responsibility is the conservation and management of these important natural resources for the American public.

The agency includes both the National Wildlife Refuge System and the National Fish Hatchery System.

The Service's origins date back to 1871 when Congress established the U.S. Fish Commission to study the decrease in the nation’s food fishes and recommend ways to reverse that decline. (More on our history below.) Today, we are a diverse and largely decentralized organization, employing about 8,000 dedicated professionals working out of facilities across the country.

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Basin Electric Power Cooperative- AVS

The Antelope Valley Station (AVS) is a lignite-based electric generating station with a capacity of 900,000 kilowatts. It was constructed for a cost of $1.9 billion. The station has two units, each rated at 450,000 KW. The fi rst unit began commercial operation in July 1984 and the second unit in June 1986. Tours are available Monday-Friday and can be coordinated with tours of the Coteau Properties Coal Mine or the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

Coteau Properties Freedom Coal Mine

This mine is America’s largest lignite coal mine. Coteau supplies more than 15 million tons of lignite coal annually to nearby power plants that produces over 1,600 megawatts of electricity and to the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, the nation’s only commercial-scale coal gasification plant. Tours can be scheduled Monday-Friday and will be coordinated with tours of nearby Basin Electric-AVS and Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

Coyote Creek Mine

North Dakota and Mercer County’s newest coal mine, Coyote Creek Mine, began producing coal in 2016. The approximately 8,000 acre mine near Beulah will deliver about 2.5 million tons of coal each year to Coyote Station. Coyote Creek Mine employs over 100 people.

Garrison Dam & Power Plant

Garrison Dam is the fi fth largest earthen dam in the world. It was constructed as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for development of the upper Missouri River Basin. Construction of the $294 million dam project began in 1947 and closure of the embankment occurred in April 1953. Tours are given Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm CT. Groups of ten or more shall be by special appointment only.

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery was originally established in 1957 to provide fish for recreational fishing in new reservoirs created by federal water development projects the Midwest. Today, the hatchery continues to provide management and production of many freshwater fishes for the Missouri River Dam development projects, National Wildlife Refuges, Native American waters, and state programs of North Dakota. Visitors are a close-up view of the fish production process. The dedicated staff and volunteers at the hatchery are happy to answer any questions while you enjoy the self-guided hatchery tour. A visitor center at the hatchery complete with fi ve 400 gallon aquariums will give you the pleasure of viewing the fishes of North Dakota in their environment. A wetlands hiking trail provides an abundance of opportunities for the photographer or naturalist. Waterfowl, fish and a variety of birds and mammals can be viewed in their natural surroundings year round. An observation blind provides the perfect opportunity for watching the waterfowl migration.

Great Plains Synfuels Plant

This plant is the only commercial-scale coal gasifi cation plant in the United States that manufactures natural gas. The $2.1 billion plant began operating in 1984. Using the Lurgi process the Synfuels Plant gasifies lignite coal to produce valuable gases and liquids. The average daily production is about 160 million cubic feet of natural gas, the majority of which is piped for distribution in the Eastern United States. Many byproducts are also produced and marked in the United States and worldwide. Tours are available Monday-Friday and can be coordinated with tours at the Coteau Properties Coal Mine and Basin Electric-AVS power plant.

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to tour the Waterville State Fish Hatchery and learn about the importance of the investment in constructing a new hatchery there. The open house will be from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Wednesday at the hatchery in Waterville.

Visitors can tour the facility and see incubating fish eggs; young fish of various sizes; adult fish; and displays with fisheries sampling gear, nets, and work boats. Guests will also be able hear about the process of raising fish and enjoy refreshments.

“Touring the hatchery is a memorable experience. We’re looking forward to chatting about what we do and showing why we are so excited to be modernizing our operations,” said Craig Soupir, Waterville area fisheries supervisor. “The fish produced in the Waterville hatchery and other hatcheries in Minnesota are important for the state’s economy, ecology, and of course, our fishing opportunities.”

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Opened in 1954, the Waterville hatchery is the state’s largest cool-water facility.

It incubates and raises various sizes of walleye, northern pike and muskellunge for the state’s fish stocking program.

The hatchery is located 2 miles west of Waterville off of Le Sueur County Road 14 at 50317 Fish Hatchery Road. For more information on the Waterville area fisheries office, visit the Waterville area fisheries page (mndnr.gov/areas/fisheries/waterville) or call the office during regular business hours at 507-362-4223.

The Waterville hatchery improvements are part of the once-in-a-generation Get Out MORE (Modernize Outdoor Recreation Experiences) investments approved by the Minnesota Legislature and signed by Gov. Tim Walz in 2023. Among the investments is $55 million to moving Minnesota toward a state-of-the-art fish hatchery system with safe and biosecure water supplies, increased fish production, and improved staff safety. An additional $5 million will go toward improving shore fishing opportunities.

To learn more about how these investments will improve outdoor experiences in the state, go to the Get Out MORE webpage of the DNR website (mndnr.gov/aboutdnr/get-out-more).

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Wisconsin's only sturgeon hatchery will host a spawning program and open house May 4 in Wild Rose

Attendees can also tour the original 1908 hatchery and explore the modern operation..

The Department of Natural Resources will host a spring open house May 4 at  Wild Rose Fish Hatchery Education Center  in Wild Rose, the only state hatchery that raises lake sturgeon.

The free event will give attendees a chance to celebrate the annual spring sturgeon spawn and learn more about Wisconsin’s oldest fish species, according to the agency.

The Wild Rose hatchery is a cool- and cold-water facility that raises brown and rainbow trout, coho and chinook salmon, Great Lakes spotted muskellunge, walleye and lake sturgeon. As such, it's one of three state hatcheries that produces both cool- and cold-water fish.

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To help attendees learn more about game fish and angling, the open house will include games and educational activities, including a learn-to-cast station, fish identification activities and the chance to “swim” upriver like sturgeon on their migratory journey to spawning areas.

Other hands-on activities include printing fish on tote bags, a fly-tying workshop, learning how to build a spinner and making a clay sturgeon.

Attendees can also tour the original 1908 hatchery and explore the modern operation. The Education Center will provide guided tours from DNR staff every 45 minutes, with the last tour departing at 2 p.m.

The event will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4.

Wild Rose hatchery is located at N5871 State Road 22, Wild Rose.