[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28744]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING STEVE BRIMM

 Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I honor Steve Brimm of 
Spearfish, SD, for his nearly 40 years of service to the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service. Mr. Brimm is retiring from his position as project 
leader to the DC Booth Fish Hatchery where he has served for the past 
10 years.
  The DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery is one of the oldest 
operating hatcheries in the country dedicated to fish culture and 
resource management. Under Steve Brimm's leadership, the fish hatchery 
has continued to thrive and benefit not only the Spearfish community 
but the entire Black Hills region. By forging partnerships and 
nurturing cooperation within the fish hatchery system, Steve has given 
the DC Booth Fish Hatchery a chance to become one of the most well-
preserved fish hatcheries in the United States. The hatchery has become 
an archival site for the Fish and Wildlife Service's fishery materials, 
and a functioning fish rearing facility, as well as being a tourist and 
economic attraction for the city of Spearfish.
  For his dedicated service, Steve has been honored on both a State and 
national level. He was named a 2007 Take Pride in America National 
Award winner by the United States Department of the Interior and the 
Hatchery Helpers Youth Volunteer Program that Mr. Booth helped to 
develop was awarded a 2003 Take Pride in America National Award.
  It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Steve Brimm on this 
special occasion and thank him for all his years of service to the D.C. 
Booth Fish Hatchery, the city of Spearfish, and the State of South 
Dakota.

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