Mescalero Sands Recreation Area
Mescalero National Fish Hatchery
Directions: Exit Highway 70 at mile marker 246, go on Eagle Drive (100 ft), turn left on Apache Blvd. 0.3 mile, turn right on Rainbow Drive to Hatchery.
Primary Function: Stocking of trout on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation and in other Indian waters throughout New Mexico.
Recreation and Education: Instructional Visitor Center, walk through hatchery.
Habitat: Ponderosa Pine - Oak Woodland.
Special Note: The Hatchery is developing broadstock for the endangered Gila trout, and also holding the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (New Mexico State Fish).
P.O. Box 247
202 Trout Loop
Mescalero, NM 88340
(505) 671-4401
Last Updated: 13 Sep 2011
Published: 29 Apr 2002
The details, dates, and prices mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication.
Published: 29 Apr 2002
The details, dates, and prices mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication.
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Parks Near Mescalero Sands Recreation Area
- Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, NM (17 mi.)
- Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, NM (19 mi.)
- Capitan Mountains Wilderness, NM (46 mi.)
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