Project Title: Repair Public Use Road (FFS #R6PB)

State: South Dakota

Project Description: The D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives is receiving money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to repair and restore its entrance. The repairs will fix damage caused by the June 4-5, 2008 flood. The water rushing down the Ames Canyon damaged a historic stone wall and the facility’s only access road. The wall, built in the late 1800s, separates the road and serves as both the road retaining wall and as the channel wall for a drainage canal.

The hatchery was established in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1896 to propagate, stock and establish fish populations in Wyoming and South Dakota. It presently serves as the national fisheries archives with the purpose of preserving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s historic and cultural heritage. The facility houses fisheries records and artifacts for educational, research, and historic purposes. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The repairs will prevent further damage from any subsequent weather events. Without these repairs, such events could place people at risk, cause the loss of irreplaceable artifacts, and cost millions of dollars to repair.

For additional information about the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives, visit the facility’s website.

News Releases: $100,000 Recovery Funds Provide Boost for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the D.C. Booth Historic National Hatchery and Archives

Check out news coverage of the Recovery Act project at D.C. Booth Historic National Hatchery and Archives in the Rapid City Journal!

Photos:

Workers repair a stone wall at the hatchery

Flooding caused the damage pictured above

The grounds at D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery

The ARRA project will prevent further weather-related damage

Originally posted 09/14/2009
Updated 10/07/2009