![New Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery](images/fountain_green_construction.jpg)
The Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery is located in Fountain Green,
Sanpete County, Utah and is owned and operated by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources [Click here to link to
State hatchery contact information].
It was first built in 1938 and then rebuilt in 1957. As part of the Fish
Hatchery Production Plan, a new hatchery was built on
Division-owned property approximately one mile from the existing
hatchery. Construction began in 2001 and was completed in May, 2002.
The hatchery produces rainbow and cutthroat trout
and kokanee. These are stocked in central Utah waters, Strawberry
Reservoir and Bear Lake. The hatchery previously had a capacity to
produce 60,000 pounds of fish annually. With construction of the new
hatchery, this capacity more than doubled. Over 700,000
Bonneville cutthroat trout (Bear Lake strain) eggs were moved to the new
station after it was constructed. The majority of these were stocked
in Strawberry Reservoir. Production in 2003 was 1,888,639 trout weighing 145,970
pounds.
The Central Utah Project and other reclamation
projects created many reservoirs in Utah. These flatwater areas provide
for a variety of water-related recreation opportunities including
fishing. Most reservoir fisheries are heavily used and not able to
sustain themselves through natural recruitment, requiring management
programs dependent on stocking hatchery-reared fish. Fish stocking
demands in Utah for reclamation projects have been met in the past
through both State and Federal hatcheries. CUPCA identifies funding for
planning and implementing improvements to existing hatcheries and/or the
development of new fish hatcheries to increase production of warm-water
and cold-water fish for areas affected by the Colorado River Storage
Project in Utah.
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