Page featuring Genoa NFH in 2007 visitors guide - FWS photo

The Genoa NFH is becoming more mature. That is how staff intend to define the aging process as they celebrate the hatchery's 75th anniversary on August 8th. 

To promote the event, the station contacted the Vernon County Tourism Council for suggestions.  The hatchery has been listed as a local attraction under the Genoa town page for several years, but with the scheduled 75th celebration taking place, the tourism council decided that the station warranted its own page in the 2007 Vernon County Visitors Guide. 

With the help of Don Fossum, owner of the Great River Resort and local representative of the council, a full page article of the hatchery's history and current programs was featured with an aerial view of the station. 

The beauty of the Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge can clearly be seen to the reader, with an invitation to attend the August 8th event included. 

The release of the 2007 guide was celebrated at the Vernon County Tourism Summit on January 27th, with Brad Pflaff, local representative from Congressman Ron Kind's office, and state representatives Lee Nerison and Dan Kapanke speaking. 

The tourism council takes great pride in the release of the tourist guide, and rightfully so.  The graphics and content of the guide accurately depict the richness of the area and the many attractions that a traveler may experience right here in God's country.