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Brad Welch conducts his morning
O
f all the cool and
interesting jobs at
the Wyoming Game
and Fish Department,
working at a fish hatchery
has to rank near the top.
You get to be around and raise fish to be
stocked in waters throughout the state for
anglers of all ages to catch and enjoy. You live in
picturesque parts of the state including Daniel,
Story, Ten Sleep and Dubois.
There also is a unique part of fish hatchery
work - full-time employees and for a couple
of months a few temporary workers live on
hatchery grounds. Can you imagine living
where you work? It's not for fun and scenery,
though. Employees live on hatchery grounds
because it is critical.
" They provide security to the facility 24
hours a day, 365 days a year and it allows them
to respond immediately to emergencies and
alarms, " said Guy Campbell, Game and Fish
culture supervisor.
Those emergencies and alarms range from
fish health issues, mechanical failures, equipment
repair and sudden changes in water flow
and quality - to name a few.
All 10 of Wyoming's hatcheries and rearing
stations play vital roles in maintaining quality
fisheries around the state, but not are equal in
terms of who lives on the grounds. The Dan
Speas Fish Hatchery near Casper, the state's
largest which produces more than half of the
state's fish, has seven employees on site. The
Ten Sleep Hatchery has three, along with a
temporary employee in the summer. There
are rotations where someone is always on
call, and juggling that can be a challenge.
But even when an employee is done for the
day and heads home, that home is mere feet
from the " office. "
" Even when I'm not on duty and at home
I look out the window, see stuff out there and
your mind is always thinking about things
that are coming up, " said Brad Welch, superintendent
of the Tillett Springs Rearing Station,
about 17 miles northeast of Lovell on
the western slope of the Bighorn Mountains.
Welch has been stationed at three hatcheries in
his 38-plus years with Game and Fish and has
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ritual of feeding fish in the raceways
at Tillett Springs Rearing Station.
(Photo by Patrick Owen/WGFD)

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