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Alchesay/Williams Creek is in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona filled with an abundance of recreational opportunities and a wonderful climate. This two-facility complex provides non-native recreational sport fish (rainbow, brown and brook trout) to our Tribal partners in Arizona and New Mexico. Additionally, the facility houses the world's only broodstock of the threatened Apache trout and has annual production goals for the stocking of these fish for recreational fishing opportunities.

Assists in collecting data on hatchery populations to study health and propagation methods. Fish hatchery operations and studies on efficiency may cover breeding, rearing, and/or growing fish in tanks or raceways, caring for fertilized eggs in trays, observing fish behavior in response to feeding, cleaning, and husbandry operations, determining feed regiments, treating fish disease, collecting and recording data (hard copy and digital). Assists hatchery crew in providing daily care to fish in an aquaculture facility. Performs assignments and general maintenance required for general fish hatchery upkeep and maintenance including simple hand tools or power equipment, landscaping tools (grass mowers, shrub trimmers, etc.), and other tools for minor repairs on hatchery equipment.