PUBLIC INVITED TO TOUR LAFAYETTE FISH HATCHERY DURING SCHOOL VACATION WEEK
Facility will be Open for Tours on February 22 and February 24
[Press Release]
PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management invites the public to visit the Lafayette Fish Hatchery in North Kingstown during the upcoming school vacation week.
Tours of the facility will be offered continuously from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 24. The Lafayette Fish Hatchery is one of three hatcheries where DEM raises fish until they are stocked in the state's waters. During the tours, personnel from DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife will explain the functions and procedures of the Hatchery as well as the life stages of fish.
In addition to the tours, there will be special activities available for children and their families including arts and crafts and a coloring table. Highly skilled fly fishing instructors will also be available to teach the arts of knot tying and fly tying.
The Hatchery currently houses about 200,000 rainbow, brown and brook trout in the facility’s outdoor raceways. In addition, about 200,000 baby trout are located in the hatch house and there are about 400 specially raised golden trout available for viewing in the outdoor raceways.
Directions from Providence: From Route 95 South turn left toward Route 4 South. Take exit 5B toward Route 102/Exeter. Turn left onto Route 2 (South County Trail) and then turn left onto Long Lane. Turn left onto Hatchery Road and follow until you reach the hatch house.
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