Neosho National Fish Hatchery

Neosho, located in the Ozark Mountain region of southwest Missouri, was chosen for the hatchery site because of access to spring water and the railroad.

The title was obtained for 244 acres (0.99 km2) of land on the Fort Crowder Military Reservation near Neosho upon which Elm and Bartholic Springs are located.

These hatcheries are a significant part of fisheries conservation and restoration efforts by producing and releasing rare, endangered and other fish back into America’s lakes and rivers.

Some of these hatcheries also help mitigate the loss of fishing from the large federal dams built in the last century.

Over 130 species of cold, cool, and warm water fish have been produced at the Neosho NFH since it was established.