About this campground
The Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources & Recovery Center (formerly the Dexter National Fish Hatchery & Technology Center) is located in the heart of the Pecos River Valley in southeastern New Mexico. The Center is home to a fully functional Fish Culture Facility, Molecular Ecology, Fish Health and Physiology & Pathobiology Laboratories with state of the art equipment and field expertise. The Center currently houses over 1 million fish from 14 different threatened and endangered fish species. The objective of the Center is to work with partners on reintroduction of species into their native habitats; improve the quality of fish reared through research and maintain populations in the event of catastrophic loss in the wild.
Getting there
Located one mile east of Dexter, New Mexico
Activities
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- FISH HATCHERY
- HUNTING
- PICNICKING
- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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