The Friends of the Fairport Fish Hatchery (FFFH) have been selected for a Love Our Byways micro-grant project.  The award is one of only 25 projects from across the country. Funding is given by the National Scenic Byway Foundation and American Park Network along with Official Automotive Partner, Toyota Motor North America, to support local byway beautification and conservation projects which amplify by grassroots volunteerism. FFFH will host a workday on Friday, September 17 from 9am-4pm at the Fairport Fish Hatchery doing brush cleanup as a part of its Interpretive Trail project. This project... Read More

MUSCATINE, IA – The Friends of Fairport Fish Hatchery has been awarded $47,368 REAP-CEP grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to fund educational signage to preserve and interpret the rich history of the Fairport Fish Hatchery. A major objective of the signage project is to convey the important interdependent relationship between the Fairport Fish Hatchery, Mississippi River mussels, and the pearl button industry, which dominated Muscatine from the 1890s to the early 1930s. The hatchery was originally established by Congress in 1908 as the Fairport Federal Biologic Station to investigate... Read More