Welch Leads Bicameral Colleagues in Urging Trump Admin to Reverse Course on Closure of Vermont’s White River National Fish Hatchery

This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-10-07 and titled "Welch Leads Bicameral Colleagues in Urging Trump Admin to Reverse Course on Closure of Vermont’s White River National Fi".

Welch Leads Bicameral Colleagues in Urging Trump Admin to Reverse Course on Closure of Vermont’s White River National Fish Hatchery

BETHEL, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology, today led Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) in urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) to reconsider its decision to place Vermont’s White River National Fish Hatchery on inactive status. In their letter [ ]