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Genoa National Fish Hatchery and Great River Road Interpretive Center

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11/10/2026

Visitor Center will be closed Wednesday, November 11, 2026 in observance of the Federal Holiday. The Interpretive Center will re-open @ 9:00 am on Thursday, November 12, 2026. Thank you!

10/21/2026

The Gift Shop in the Great River Road Interpretive Center will close for the season on Friday, October 30, 2026, and reopen in May. Stop by Monday through Friday from 11:00 AM–3:00 PM to browse clothes, books, hats, stickers, stuffed animals and more. The Great River Road Interpretive Center remains open year-round, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. Photo credit: USFWS.

10/09/2026

Visitor Center will be closed Monday, October 12, 2026 in observance of the Federal Holiday. The Interpretive Center will re-open @ 9:00 am on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Thank you! Photo: Great River Road Interpretive Center building. Photo credit: USFWS.

09/24/2026

After a summer of raising Lake Sturgeon at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery (NFH), staff from the Alpena’s Detroit River Substation and La Crosse’s Midwest Fisheries Center spent the last week tagging the sturgeon. Genoa NFH and Alpena’s Detroit River Substation staff took over 1500 Lake Sturgeon from Genoa NFH to various stocking events along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, OH. This work is supported by the Great Lake Restoration Initiative and partnerships among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Division of Wildlife, Cleveland Metroparks, Summit Metro Parks and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Photos: Detroit River Substation trailer, releasing Lake Sturgeon in the river, Genoa NFH staff unloading Lake Sturgeon from our truck. Photo credit: USFWS.

09/18/2026

Lake Sturgeon tagging season has come to an end. Thank you to all our volunteers who came out to support and donate your time to help us with these efforts. We tagged a total of around 33,000 Lake Sturgeon this year. Thank you again! We could not have done it without your time and support! Photo: Volunteers tagging Lake Sturgeon at Genoa National Fish Hatchery. Photo credit: USFWS.

09/16/2026

Some of our Lake Sturgeon are leaving the building! Our volunteers tagged over 11,000 fish with coded wire tags. These fish have now gone to their new home in Red Lake, Minnesota. Fear not, we still have sturgeon on station for about another month. Stop in and check them out! Photo: Staff loading fish into a trailer and lake sturgeon in a tank. Photo credit: USFWS.

09/04/2026

Visitor Center will be closed Monday, September 7th, 2026, in observance of the Federal Holiday. The Interpretive Center will re-open @ 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026. Thank you! Photo: The Great River Road Interpretive Center building. Photo credit: USFWS.

08/28/2026

Hatchery biologists collaborated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service, and Iowa DNR to stock Higgins Eye Pearlymussel into the Mississippi River to make up for impacts to the federally endangered species. A project is designed to protect the effigy mounds above Sny Magill Boat Landing that may impact the mussel beds nearby. Photo: tagged freshwater mussels in a net and staff members in the water. Photo credit: USFWS.

08/21/2026

Lake Sturgeon production season is in full swing! Genoa National Fish Hatchery raises 40 to 60,000 Lake Sturgeon a year. This year they will be stocked in New York, Tennessee, Michigan, Minesota and Wisconsin.
If you are interested in volunteering to tag a Lake Sturgeon, please call Erica to set up a date and time at 608-689-2605. We are tagging in the month of August and September. Video: (sound: rushing water) Hundreds of Lake Sturgeon resting and swimming in a tank with blood worms. Video credit: USFWS.

07/24/2026

Hine's Emerald Dragonfly Summer Update!

When Hine's Emerald Dragonfly larvae have grown large enough to be contained by mesh with 500-micron (1/2 mm) openings, they are placed in culture cages in a flow-through culture tank. Most larvae are large enough by mid-June. Flow-through pond water delivers a more ample supply of zooplankton and ensures that dissolved oxygen remains high, and waste products are flushed out of the tank. The larvae will remain in these culture cages until August, when the 500-micron mesh will be replaced with 1 mm mesh. Photo: Hine's Emerald Dragonfly underwater culture cages. Photo credit: USFWS.

Address

S5631 State Highway 35
Genoa, WI
54632

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

+16086892605

Website

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/genoa

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