Fish habitat field guide
Here you can find stories and information about the environment. Conservation efforts across the nation involving all creatures. New green products available will be featured, along with helpful tips do do your part in keeping our rights to hunt and fish for future generations.
conservation · 2022-08-07
6/29/2011 11:18:00 AM Plan to improve fish habitat churns residents Mirror photo by Carrie Draeger A stack of logs 15 feet high waits in a staging area along the Entiat River. Crews will create engineered jams this summer using more than 1,000 logs. High flows could postpone plans to save fish WENATCHEE High Entiat River flows could wash out plans for massiv…
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bass habitat 2 · 2022-08-07
Scientists: Remove dams ‘Free-flowing’ river crucial to fish, society says By KATHERINE WUTZ Express Staff Writer See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to …
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artificial reefs · 2018-02-21
Man-made reefs similar to this will be deployed off Escambia County between now and June, 2019. CREDIT ESCAMBIA COUNTY MARINE RESOURCES More than 700 new artificial reefs are going into the waters off Pensacola in the next few months, in phase two of a program funded by the BP settlement of the 2010 oil spill. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conse…
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canadian fish habitat · 2018-02-21
Ottawa pledges $284 million to expand protections for fish habitats By Mia Rabson The Canadian Press WATCH ABOVE: The federal government has pledged to "restore lost protections" for fish habitats that were lost under the Harper government with a $284-million commitment The federal government will spend $284 million over the next five years to enforce new la…
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bass habitat 2 · 2018-02-21
CLOSE Despite millions in taxpayer investment and 10 years of construction, the public is still fighting for access to a manmade lake in Fellsmere. LUCAS DAPRILE/TCPALM Wochit "Git 'er done." Did he really say that? Yep. The full context of what he said was actually, "Smoke a peace pipe and get 'er done. Let's get this thing done." "He" was Doug Bournique, a…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2016-01-11
First off, let's not continue to confuse fish habitat with fish attractors. There are many substabtial differences between the two and what each product is intended for. Both products attract fish, but only habitat holds the future of fishing . Under the Fisheries Act, fish habitat is defined as: “Spawning grounds and nursery, rearing, food supply and migrat…
Read field note →usa · 2015-02-11
Silt and sedimentation are clogging our nation’s waterways and reservoirs. Years of fluctuating water levels, erosion, development, nutrient loading and decomposition of natural materials, have put these waters in dire need of improvements. Fish habitat, which includes habitat for countless other equally important aquatic organisms, lacks to the degree on ma…
Read field note →usa · 2014-03-24
“Fishing Tournaments that Produce more Fish” “Catch and Create” Habitat Improvement Tournaments by Fishiding.com Can you compete and still be on the same team? We all want improved fishing and habitat is the key. Think of how many Bass, Crappie and Walleye Tournaments are held . more
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conservation · 2014-03-24
In the far Northwest suburbs, away from the fast paced city of Chicago, a 17 year old boy loves the outdoors and fishing. This outdoor lifestyle in our youth is alive and well in our Nation, thanks in part to The Boy Scouts of America. As our world changes at this alarming rate, Scouts continue to build boys into men with ethical, honest and life building ch…
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brackish water habitat · 2014-01-09
The overreach of executive power Posted: January 9, 2014 - 12:07am By LISA WEISSLER FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE The public interest is no longer being served by Alaska’s natural resources permitting system. When it comes to state resource development decisions, too little voice is given to Alaskans, project reviews are fragmented, local and tribal governments are …
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-06-14
There are countless Bass fishing events that take place across our country each year allowing participants a chance to take home substantial prize money and products. This past weekend was no exception on J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir in Appleton,Georgia. With a first ever of it's kind, The PotashCorp FishBack Open Team Tournament, contestants competed to rais…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-06-12
Debris from the recent tornado that swept through Oklahoma is being put to use by state conservation officials, who are submerging it in lakes to form "fish attractors." (wildlifedepartment.com) Debris from the recent tornado that swept through Oklahoma is already being put to use by state conservation officials, who are submerging it in lakes to form "fish …
Read field note →usa · 2013-06-12
AGFC projects under way on riverbed, overlook North Fork River projects: Overlook and fish habitat improvement underway Written by FRANK WALLIS More habitat articles at fishiding.com Mike Cantrell, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission coordinator of Regional Maintenance, points to the North Fork River while standing on an overlook now under construction on a bl…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-06-12
Forward Post: AFS Journal What Exactly Is Fish Habitat and Why Must We Care? Mon Jun 3, 2013 2:29pm What Exactly Is Fish Habitat and Why Must We Care?Thomas E. Bigford Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD 20910. E-mail: Thomas.bigford@noaa.gov “Fish habitat” is a simple term. We can easily imagine a fish l…
Read field note →bluegill habitat · 2013-06-11
Hooked for life – by Bruce Kania May 30, 2013 posted by Anne Fish Fry Lake may be the best fishing hole in Montana…at least for kids! The lake is only 6.5 acres, but the water’s invitingly clear and it is extremely easy to catch yellow perch, crappie and bluegills. Even some Yellowstone Cutthroat trout happen here…which may be their easternmost extension. Fi…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-06-05
Lake on the Brink: The unexpected consequences of fighting Eurasian Watermilfoil By Eric Engbretson In 2012, Greg Matzke, a fisheries biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, made a startling discovery on Florence County’s Lake Ellwood. During a comprehensive fish survey which included spring, summer and fall netting and electrofishing su…
Read field note →conservation · 2013-06-01
At the Family and Youth Casting Call SOLitude Lake Management Teaches Over 700 Youth About Fishing SOLitude Lake Management joined the Family and Youth Casting Call to educate children and their families about fishing and how to care for the environment. More habitat articles at fishiding.com SLM at Family and Youth Casting Call 2013-1.1 May 30, 2013 - Throu…
Read field note →usa · 2013-05-01
NEWS RELEASE — St. Paul, MN – Dirk Peterson won’t tell anglers where to catch a big fish, but he can tell them what’s needed to make sure there are big fish to catch when they get there. More and more these days, he’s boiling it down to three words: good fish habitat. More habitat articles at fishiding.com Peterson is in charge of the Minnesota Department of…
Read field note →bluegill habitat · 2013-04-10
This winter Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board staff installed eight pea gravel fish spawning habitat structures in three county owned lakes. By taking advantage of the reduced water levels of the lakes the staff was able to get equipment and material into the necessary locations to improve fish habitat. More habitat articles at fishiding.com The county-m…
Read field note →usa · 2013-03-13
Artificial Habitat Benefits Bass Fisheries Friday, March 8, 2013 at 9:21AM ActivistAngler.com Fisheries in West Virginia and New Mexico are showcasing a new generation of manmade habitat, thanks to innovative state conservation directors in the B.A.S.S. Nation (BN). Both Jerod Harman and Earl Conway saw the need for effective and long-lasting habitat in rese…
Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2013-03-03
If you want to drop a line into Southwest Pond near Greenspond this summer, you should know the rules have changed — dramatically. Dozens of unique habitat models at fishiding.com Topics : Fisheries and Oceans Canada , Indian Bay Ecosystem , Southwest Pond , New-Wes-Valley , Greenspond As of June 1 of this year, anglers will only be permitted to retain two f…
Read field note →conservation · 2013-02-28
This series of fish cribs is awaiting warmer temperatures on Brevort Lake before they take their final plunge to the bottom. The artificial reef should draw finicky walleyes, marauding northern pike and tasty panfish with newly-published maps designed to lead angler directly to these hot spots — provided they can figure out how to work their GPS units. Macki…
Read field note →aquaculture 2 · 2013-02-22
Poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation are inextricably linked in the Sekong Basin of Lao P.D.R., where freshwater fisheries are critical for ensuring food security and the economy. Here fish contributes 61 percent of the protein intake of these communities, and community health and livelihoods are being threatened by a loss of fisheries productiv…
Read field note →conservation · 2013-02-22
HERMITAGE — With the dredging of Lake Julia just about complete and the lake bed for the most part frozen, park personnel, consultants and volunteers took to the mud and muck Saturday building and placing fish habitat structures . The structures, built at Buhl Farm park, Hermitage, will give fish a place to nest and lay eggs and escape their larger enemies, …
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-02-21
Machado Lake and its surrounding environment are in need of a major recovery effort. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has identified the lake as an impaired water body for DDT, PCBs, pesticides, ammonia, algae, eutrophic conditions, trash, and odor, all of which have negatively affected human as well as aquatic health. This restoration pr…
Read field note →usa · 2013-02-20
Turn the T.V. off, let's go fishing. That's the rule Rosie DeAnnuntis stands by and school kids and the community are listening. Dozens of unique habitat models at fishiding.com The first Annual North Augusta Border Bass Invitational set for March 2nd 2013 is well underway, and Rosie won't sleep until it's all over. She explains "We are a team of folks from …
Read field note →usa · 2013-01-29
A forest for the fish If you look through the ice on a winter day, or peer into the water during a rare summer moment when the wind is calm, you might glimpse the tips of the trees that make up Ocean Lake’s underwater forest. Below the surface is a Christmas tree forest “planted” by sportsmen and Wyoming Game and Fish in an effort to enhance fish habitat. In…
Read field note →usa · 2013-01-25
Snowflakes painted a picturesque winter scene Thursday morning throughout Demopolis. However, the cold weather didn’t stop eager Demopolis High students, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, from working to create fish habitats along the river. “The snow is not going to stop us,” Anne Cross, ranger said. “We are excited to come together as a community to …
Read field note →usa · 2013-01-23
The Hangout Artificial Fish Habitat Fish Feeder Fishiding habitat products Product Description Growing big fish starts with growing lots of food to feed them. In order for the fry and forage fish to thrive and reproduce, they need mass amounts of food to develop and prosper. Minnows, small panfish and fry feed on film that grows on surfaces underwater called…
Read field note →usa · 2013-01-21
David Beasley, head Fisheries Biologist for Solitude Lake Management talks about the need for fish habitat for a balanced aquatic environment. Fishiding.com and Solitude Lake Management have been working closely together to help clients up and down the East coast improve water quality and fish habitat. Beasley has been a strong leader in helping lake and pon…
Read field note →conservation · 2013-01-16
SOLitude Lake Management celebrates 2012 outreach and volunteer efforts Source: Submitted SOLitude Lake Management staff gathers with a check representing the $16,500 donation in cash and goods donated through The SOLution program in 2012. From top to bottom (l-r) are Brad Harris, Trina Duncan, Matthew Phillips, David Beasley, Ellen Stace, Shannon Junior, Da…
Read field note →b a s s federation nation · 2013-01-09
Professional Angler sees the benefits of GRDA programs … Langley – Although February 2013 will mark the first time that the Bass Master Classic tournament has visited Grand Lake, that does not mean participating fishermen will be unfamiliar with the popular fishing waters. Dozens of unique habitat models at fishiding.com Grand Lake is always among the most p…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-11-21
Leaser Lake to begin refilling The dam at Leaser Lake in Lynn Township has undergone major upgrading after the lake was drained for repairs. Man made fish habitats dot the interior of the lake bed. (Douglas Kilpatrick, SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL / February 12, 2012) Lehigh Valley anglers and boaters received very welcome news late last week when the state D…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-11-06
Photo Caption: Oneida and Vilas County graduates of Crew 9 of the Lake Leaders Institute at Aldo Leopold’s Shack. From left to right are Quita Sheehan, Dave Blunk, Kathy Noel, Laura Herman, Dennis Burg, Carol Warden, and Steve Budnik. Oneida, Vilas County residents recognized as Lake Leaders Seven Oneida and Vilas County residents recently graduated from the…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-10-08
Clear Lake hitch focus of state, federal Endangered Species Act applications Clear Lake hitch during the April 2011 migration. Photo by Ed Oswalt. LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – One of Clear Lake’s natives species is the focus of new state and federal Endangered Species Act applications submitted on Tuesday. Estimating that the Clear Lake hitch’s numbers have plummet…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-09-20
Restoration Effort Moving Forward on 11 Projects as Part of $3.7 Million Nyanza Natural Resource Damages Settlement BOSTON - State and federal environmental officials announced today that 11 projects benefitting the wildlife, people and landscape of the Sudbury River Watershed will be funded by the $3.7 million settlement reached in 1998 by parties for natur…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-09-20
ARTIFICIAL reefs are to be built in local waters to boost fish supplies which have been depleted by over-fishing, pollution, dredging and dumping. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department yesterday announced it was investigating sites for the reefs and had received $1.6 million from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club to start the project. Reefs provide nursing …
Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2012-09-12
Updated GLWQA signed in Washington DC, September 7, 2012 By Mary Muter, Chair Sierra Club Canada Great Lakes Section After 25 years the governments of Canada and the United States have finally come together on the terms of a new revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (online here) that better reflects the current conditions of the Great Lakes than the 1…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-09-04
Shallow cover for fry. Standing on a bank at Smith Mountain Lake, Michael Forte watched as Appalachian Power workers on a barge lowered what looked like a wooden pyramid the size of a small refrigerator into the lake. Forte, of Franklin County, designed it himself, and now the invention is part of an assortment of habitat devices that will be used to determi…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-09-04
Bass habitat The new, second edition of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan advances science-based conservation mission and incorporates new objectives focused on locally driven efforts to reverse deteriorating fish habitats. National Fish Habitat Action Plan, Second Edition The revised Action Plan is built on the success and experience of our Partners. Wa…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-09-04
(Healdsburg, CA) During the next week, construction will start on the first phase of a six-mile habitat enhancement project in the Dry Creek Valley. The purpose of the project, which is being conducted by the Sonoma County Water Agency (Water Agency) in cooperation with private landowners and by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is to provide habitat…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-09-04
KEENE VALLEY - At last. The Rivermede Project - officially known as the East Branch Ausable River Restoration Project at Rivermede - is essentially done. For a long time, this half-mile stretch of river in Keene Valley was growing broader and shallower, filling with sediment and gravel as its banks eroded and fell in, eating the land of Rivermede Farm at a r…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-09-04
Eric Schwaab, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, was in Annapolis Thursday with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chesapeake Bay Trust Executive Director Jana Davis, Maryland Department of Environment Secretary Dr. Robert Summers, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary John Griffin and others to announce $800,000 in federal, state and private f…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-08-29
New home for the small fry US - A new report by Ecotrust has found that watershed and fish habitat restoration in Oregon has created jobs and generated $977.5 million in economic activity between 2001 and 2010. “Restoration can drive economic development and job creation, particularly in rural communities that have suffered from persistently high unemploymen…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-08-12
Bringing Back the Fish: Michigan Sea Grant Oversees Successful Habitat Reconstruction By Stephanie Ariganello, Michigan Sea Grant Plan for the fish habitat restoration project. Credit: Michigan Sea Grant The unmanned camera bounced along a rock reef on floor of the St. Clair River. Researchers watched the monitor. Then a long, dark shape came into focus and …
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-08-10
This unusual barge can deposit several tons of rock into the lake to help create new fish habitat. / Missouri Department of Conservation Written by David Casaletto Executive Director, Ozarks Water Watch The Missouri Department of Conservation uses this unusual barge to dump heavy rocks or tree stumps into Table Rock Lake to help improve fish habitat. MDC als…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-07-30
Dear friends, I was recently contacted by J Harmon, President of the Protect lake Dunlap association in New Braunfels,Texas. He explained to me their struggle with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority over existing small diameter standing timber being hazardous to recreation use. Apparently, The GBRA has denied the cutting of these stumps to protect fish hab…
Read field note →australian fish habitat work · 2012-07-23
Craig Copeland - working to save our fish habitat . Image NSW DPI CRAIG Copeland, Manager of the Conservation Action Unit within the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to investigate the motivation of recreational fishers in the US, UK and Ireland to restore fish habitat. "Craig, who is based at Wol…
Read field note →usa · 2012-07-18
We have a new supplier of material to keep up with demand at fishiding artificial fish habitat products world headquarters in Woodstock Illinois. 30 yard containers of clean sorted siding are delivered to our facility two at a time, twice a week. That's an average of 10,000 pounds of material per week. Fellow construction and demolition contractor Ken Hoving…
Read field note →usa · 2012-07-10
Wild Colorado: Even fish aren't safe from fire Trout would be most affected by wildfire By Paige Blankenbuehler Summit Daily News ENLARGE Heavy equipment operators with Colorado Parks and Wildlife move large boulders to improve fish habita t in the Conejos River in 2010. Improving habitat helps fish weather future fires. Special to the Daily / Josh Nehrig, C…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-07-10
Webster Lake weed kill devastates plant life. Louie StoutOutdoors: Commentary It was only couple of years ago when Lake Webster gamefish had plenty of habitat. .. fish See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in proven science based, fish protection.
Read field note →usa · 2012-07-08
A few weeks ago, my wife Renee’ and I took a trip to Shepherd Montana, headquarters of Floating Island International Inc. We had been invited to stay on the ranch and to see for ourselves how Bruce Kania and his wife Anne, are growing huge fish fast with a woven matrix of inert substrates called BioHaven, or Floating Treatment Wetlands. I had been in contact…
Read field note →aquaculture 2 · 2012-07-05
Floating treatment wetlands turn phosphorus into harvestable fish Andrea Fox, WEF Highlights Water Environment Federation Researchers at Floating Island International (FII) in Shepherd, Mont., an agricultural region, are fishing nonpoint source nutrients out of 2.6-ha (6.5-ac) Fish Fry Lake. Bruce Kania, FII project development director, uses rod and reel to…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-05-23
Small lakes, streams, lagoons contain prime fish habitat Bob McNally/The Times-Union Mark Shaw of Ponte Vedra Beach shows a chunky bass he caught from a lagoon adjacent to a Northeast Florida golf course. Small boats are allowed on the lagoon. Most of the world’s best golfers this week gather at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach. T…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-04-20
The new box culvert and open channel to Long Island Sound, which restored fish passage and tidal flows to the salt marsh. Volunteers installed the dune grass plantings. We have a lot to learn from nature about teamwork. In fact, natural systems prove time and again that the intricate partnerships between air, water, soil, nutrients and plant and animal speci…
Read field note →aquaculture 2 · 2012-04-18
Fine PVC substrate for fry At Fishiding.com we specialize in turning reclaimed PVC into long term products for fish habitat, nutrient removal and producing fish food. The amazing factor in this process is as Green as it gets, with no additional manufacturing or carbon footprint associated with our processes. Our material comes to us through a network of supp…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-04-16
by Outdoor Hub News - photo by Mihai Dumitru The sportfishing industry applauds the Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture and Commerce who signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote interagency collaboration on the implementation of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP), a science-based partnership that seeks to protect, restore and enhance…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-03-25
If you want to grow and sustain your fishery, then you have to expand the habitat for fish to reproduce and grow large. This is nothing new for the fisherman involved in the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation of West Virginia. These guys have been involved in habitat restoration projects from the beginning, leading the way for future generations of fish and fisherma…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-03-19
WYANDOTTE — Friends of the Detroit River extends an invitation to get together March 31 at the Wyandotte Boat Club for the annual Detroit Riverkeeper fundraising dinner. The goal of the dinner is to raise funds to help support the Detroit Riverkeeper program and the patrol work that Riverkeeper Robert Burns does along the Detroit River. The dinner will be he…
Read field note →usa · 2012-03-18
The U.S. Secretaries of Commerce, Interior, and Agriculture have made a joint commitment to work together to promote collaborative, science-based conservation of our waterways and fisheries. They will sign an agreement which will focus on partnership-based conservation efforts through the National Fish Habitat Partnership . The agreement uses federal resou…
Read field note →usa · 2012-03-18
The concept of including fisheries management in strategies for water quality improvement is not new, but floating islands give the notion a boost. The simple concept is, add lots and lots of substrate and the fish will come! Catch plenty of fish and you will sequester the unwanted nutrients in a more appropriate part of the eco-system – lunch! See the dozen…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-03-07
Georgia SARP Projects Restore Habitat for Fish and Communities Water, water, water… This topic is on the public agenda in dozens of ways. Nothing is more important than water for human health and the health of our fish and wildlife resources. In survey after survey, clean water is one of the most prominent environmental concerns in the United States. Clean w…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-03-07
Grant Funding is Available for Community-based Habitat Restoration Projects The FishAmerica Foundation, the conservation and research foundation of the American Sportfishing Association, has funds available for marine and anadromous sportfish habitat restoration projects throughout coastal America, the Great Lakes region, and all U.S. Territories through its…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-03-05
B.A.S.S. News Announcement: Conservation Summit Deemed ‘Huge Success’ Awesome. Tremendous. Terrific. That’s the way that state conservation directors (CD) for the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation summed up their experience at the recent Conservation Summit in Shreveport, La. Staged during Bassmaster Classic Week, the event featured 2 ½ days of presentations and di…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-03-05
First Coast may need to help bolster key industry - fishing First Coast anglers see fishing spots disappearing so quickly they say it’s time to create new fishing grounds to bolster an industry that the state says brings half a billion dollars into the local economy every year. Scott Shine, a member of the Jacksonville Waterways Commission, said he is lookin…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-03-05
For a winter that’s been unusually warm, it was no surprise when 2,000 people showed up at a frozen lake near Ladysmith, Wis., for a fishing tournament. A young angler won the first-place prize of $1,000 after catching a 30-inch pike. (Photo By: John Thiel, Dairyland Power Cooperative) Related Content Co-op Helps Improve Fishing Power Projects Improving Fish…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-03-05
A large group of volunteers braved the bitter cold on Saturday, February 25, to anchor 400 live-cut Christmas trees to the bed of Tygart Lake. Volunteers from the WVU Fishing Club joined with the regulars from Grafton Boy Scout Troop #6 and the Save The Tygart Watershed Association. Volunteer Ashley Akers zip-ties a tree to a concrete block, this was just on…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-03-05
Transition from old Twin Spans to Slidell Fishing Pier almost done Slidell, LA St. Tammany leaders are now targeting late April for the opening of the Slidell Fishing Pier. The wooden bridge leading to the old Twin Span bridge is done, and the early reviews are good. "I think it came out a lot better than I expected even," St. Tammany Parish Councilman Richi…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-02-27
UNDERWATER RE-EVOLUTION By Larry D. Hodge A revolution is brewing among biologists managing freshwater fisheries in reservoirs. Or, put another way, a re-evolution of fisheries management is taking root. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish pro…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-02-27
Jerry Wolford (News & Record) Photo Caption:Eddie Bridges and his North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation helped raise money to build the Frank A. Sharpe Jr. Wildlife Education Center at Bur-Mil Park. This month, “Field & Stream” magazine named Bridges one of its “Heroes of What do you think? GREENSBORO — There is no conference room. No expense account. N…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-02-27
Florida Today reports that Cape Canaveral officials are seeking federal approval to add more material including segments of NASA and military rocket launch towers to an existing 4-square-mile area called the Brevard County Artificial Reef Site 2. Brevard plans to add parts of bridges, vessels, boulders and other materials to the existing artificial reef. Cou…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-02-21
Conservation Summit Emphasizes Fisheries Management SHREVEPORT, La. B.A.S.S. will renew an old tradition at this year’s Bassmaster Classic, when it plays host to a 2 ½-day Conservation Summit. “ See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish protection. …
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-16
Have you started making summer plans yet? Well, if you have a youngster who is into fishing and all things outdoors, there is a great opportunity available. The New Jersey School of Conservation in Sussex County will be the host site for a Coldwater Conservation School offered by the state Division of Fish and Wildlife and the N.J. State Council of Trout Unl…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-16
Construction of South Waterfront greenway to begin despite budget shortfall BY: Lindsey O'Brien Portland Parks and Recreation is moving forward with plans to build the South Waterfront Greenway, which would stretch for over a mile along the Willamette River in Southwest Portland. Construction is expected to begin this summer on the nearly $10 million project…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-15
Courtesy Aurora Water Homestake Dam SARA CASTELLANOS Aurora Sentinel Homestake Dam and Reservoir, one of the city’s primary resources for water, will be drained for maintenance work that will last for about three years, and be closed to the public beginning September. The reservoir, which straddles Eagle and Pitkin counties, will be closed to hikers, fishers…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-02-15
Article of the Week 2 – Artificial Reefs Posted by laymanc Coastal ecosystems may be the most anthropogenically-altered on the planet. Habitat loss, over-fishing, nutrient loading, and many other impacts have fundamentally changed the structure and function of these systems. Many of these impacts operate over rather large spatial scales (think global warming…
Read field note →brackish water habitat · 2012-02-15
2011: CRP Project # 10-06 Newman Branch Creek Phase II Habitat Restoration CRP Project Page Project Summary The Newman Branch Creek Habitat Restoration Project, located in southeast Hillsborough County, Florida, will be undertaken in an effort to restore estuarine and freshwater habitat in the Tampa Bay area. The project will involve the removal of invasive …
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-02-15
Anglers have high hopes for debate over value of artificial structure A motion made at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting last week in Mobile, Alabama, could be the first step to protecting what has been regarded as the largest man-made reef in the world – the vast forest of energy-related structures in the offshore waters of the Gulf of M…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-15
City has more plans to rock river More improvements of the fish habitat in the Arkansas River could be on the horizon. Pueblo and Trout Unlimited are preparing an application to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for a Fishing is Fun grant to do further work on the Arkansas River through Pueblo. “What’s driving it is the higher quality fishing on that reach of rive…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-15
Atlantic sturgeon added to endangered species list Illegal to catch, sturgeon get more federal protection The Atlantic sturgeon, one of the world’s oldest surviving species of fish, became the newest addition to the federally protected endangered species list last week, a designation that could lead to additional protections for the fish’s habitat . Sturgeon…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-13
J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 37: 34-36 Vertebrates Removed by Mechanical Weed Harvesting in Lake Keesus, Wisconsin TRAVIS L. BOOMS INTRODUCTION Mechanical weed harvesting has been used to control nuisance vegetation in Lake Keesus since 1979. Fish, turtles,and amphibians often become entangled in the vegetation and are incidentally removed from the lake while har…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-07
If healthy forests provide us with much more than clean air to breathe, you might wonder—why are we helping to cut down trees in California? And what do trees have to do with fish habitat ? The answer: for fish to grow big and strong. Skip to NOAA Navigation Skip to Main Content Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Supporting Navigation Skip to Search NOAA HOME W…
Read field note →british columbia · 2012-02-07
For Immediate Release, February 7, 2012 Contact: Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 669-7357 Alexandra Morton, Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society, (250) 974-7086 Chief Bob Chamberlin, Kwikwasu'tinuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation, (250) 974-8282 Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, (415) 561-5080 x 224 Petition Seeks In…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-07
Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:57 am By K.C. VanNatta For The Daily Astorian "Surprise, surprise" writes The Daily Astorian (Jan. 17), saying that Oregon's forest protection laws are not as strong as either California's or Washington's, See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the lea…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-07
cfjljd49 (Video) Salmon restoration: Maine on the way to making it happen A Maine biologist's efforts could lead to a national Atlantic salmon recovery. By Deirdre Fleming dfleming@mainetoday.com Staff Writer AVON - With a makeshift air gun fashioned with duct tape and a gas engine on a home-rigged backpack, the biologists with the Department of Marine Resou…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-02-07
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Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2012-02-07
Environment File JORDAN VERLAGE/St. Albert Gazette Scientists say some 600 fish found dead this week by the sewer outfall closest to the city's cenotaph likely died of winterkill from a lack of oxygen in the Sturgeon River. Science team spots fish kill Local scientists had their sleuthing hats on this week after hundreds of silvery fish turned up dead in the…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-06
See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish protection. http://www.mdwfp.com/media/41179/f11_3428_sport_fish.pdf
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2012-02-06
It’s a cold crisp Saturday morning in mid-January and the ice off the north boat landing on Cedar Lake is alive with the sounds of chain saws and Bobcats. Volunteers line up the lumber for a fish crib. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish prote…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-06
Fish Talk in the News Atlantic cod (Photo credit: MA Division of Marine Fisheries). In late January, NOAA announced that it has begun using a new system to estimate catch from recreational fishermen . The new system will correct past bias and start to better represent what is happening on the water. Massachusetts set up the Commercial Fisheries Revolving Loa…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-02-04
By Juliet Eilperin , Published: February 1 Atlantic sturgeon , one of the most expensive and imperiled fish in the world, made it onto the endangered species list Wednesday. Once plentiful, sturgeon populations in the U.S. and across the world have plummeted since humans targeted them for their caviar. Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini…
Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2012-02-03
Those responsible for the construction of a marina will have to pay heavy fines for damaging important fish habitat . (Photo: Stock File) CANADA Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 22:40 (GMT + 9) On 26 January 2012 in the Provincial Court of Alberta, RJ Williscroft Contracting Ltd pled guilty to one count of a violation of subsection 35(1) of the Fisheries Act fo…
Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2012-02-03
Diamond mining company De Beers lobbied government officials to allow them to drain a lake in the Northwest Territories , decimating local fish habitat , in order to move forward with its Gahcho Kue diamond mine. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven,…
Read field note →canadian fish habitat · 2012-02-03
Watching the Sound: More Scrutiny Called for Gravel Mine written by Damien Gillis Local Governments, Citizens Want More Scrutiny of Proposed Howe Sound Gravel Mine by Damien Gillis l The Canadian.org R egional politicians in jurisdictions along Howe Sound are calling for a bigger role in the review of a major proposed gravel mine at McNab Creek. Several Suns…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-29
Outdoors: Older outdoorsmen may face fee KDWPT wants to do away with 'fish, hunt for free' Posted: January 28, 2012 - 8:39pm Back | Next PHOTOGRAPH BY MARC MURRELL The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will ask the Kansas Legislature to remove the exemptions that allow Kansas residents 65 years and older to fish and hunt for free. These free l…
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Brad Job: Rapacious Grows Destroy Habitat, Undo Restoration Work – January 29, 2012 Saturday, January 28, 2012 Nightmare mosaic photo from a raid in the King Range National Conservation Area. Photo courtesy Brad Job I’ve been fascinated by water and the organisms that live in it since I was a child. When three years of sea duty made me fall in love with the …
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-28
By DOUG WARNOCK For the Capital Press Forest resources, arid lands habitat and Puget Sound health were the areas selected as priorities for the Washington State Coordinated Resource Management program. Washington's CRM Executive Committee and CRM Task Group met together to establish program priorities. Reduced funding and loss of a full-time program coordina…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-28
DUPONT – The DuPont City Council last night authorized the city’s mayor to sign a settlement agreement allowing development of a plan to restore the Sequalitchew Creek watershed, including Edmond Marsh. The Settlement Agreement also allows CalPortland Co. (CalPortland) to apply for gravel mining and reclamation permits in areas adjacent to its existing mine.…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-28
“The Elmhurst Beach project showcases how effective partnerships are contributing to the health of the lake. We are very happy to see that this project will be completed on time and will allow for many to enjoy the beach now and into the future.” The project will remove failing concrete breakwalls and replace them with boulders in an effort to re-naturalize …
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-28
GEORGE WILKENS/STAFF Mary Celeste Carlson and Joseph Davis enjoy a day fishing at Medard park. By GEORGE WILKENS | The Tampa Tribune Published: January 23, 2012 TURKEY CREEK -The water at Edward Medard Park and Reservoir is back – along with the fish, and the anglers.The 1,284-acre Hillsborough County park remained open nearly two years after the reservoir w…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-28
Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving over exploitation of the world's fish resources, while fish habita t is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, U.N. marine experts said Tuesday. Up to 32 percent of the world's fish stocks are over exploited, depleted or recovering, they warned. Up to half of the worl See the doz…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-25
fish attractors The new fishing season might seem like a long way off but we're really only a couple months away from when folks will begin extracting fishing rods from attics and sheds, pulling winter tarps from their boats, and reviewing their charts, just to make extra sure they're set and ready for the fun times ahead. The natural optimism found in most …
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-25
See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish protection. Pacific Southwest Region California, Nevada and Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Endangered Species Migratory Birds Partnerships Law Enforcement Fisheries Science Newsroom Photo: USFWS Schoolyard H…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-24
" It is, after all, impossible to count every fish in the ocean." January 22, 2012 05:18:47 PM Valerie Garman / Florida Freedom Newspapers MEXICO BEACH — Fishery management is a complex business, and when it comes to fishery management in the United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Act is the Bible. In the Gulf of Mexico, regulations decisions are made by the Gu…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-24
Lake News, Information & Events Michigan: Scientists Will Chase Invading Fish With Cannon Source: The New York Times; National Briefing-Midwest - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 30, 2011 Scientists are trying to discern whether an underwater cannon can protect valuable fish in the Great Lakes from the round goby, a predator that lurks near spawn…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-22
Re-snagging the Goulburn to increase native fish habitat and improve recreational fishing opportunities between Seymour and Nagambie. The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is working along the Goulburn River between Seymour and Nagambie in the coming weeks to increase the amount of large woody habitat, or snags, in the Goulburn River, with…
Read field note →british columbia · 2012-01-18
Approximately 280,000 cubic metres of gravel accumulated in the active channel of the river, this was largely offset by significant losses (4 million cubic meters) of over-bank sand on islands and river edges, resulting in little net gain of sediment. (Credit: janheuninck via Flickr) B.C.'s Fraser River has become the battleground for the gravel industry and…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-18
Jim Ryan, a state river scientist, surveys a restoration project on the Tweed River in Pittsfield on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Floods triggered by Tropical Storm Irene sent the river shooting into a new path that threatened a mill downstream. Road crews seeking gravel further altered the river, making it more unstable. To restore the Tweed, river scientists rede…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-18
habitat along shoreline Removal of carp from Lake Puckaway to improve fish habitat got off to a good start last year after a massive game fish kill on the lake in 2009 halted the carp project for a year. A little over one million pounds of carp were taken from the lake starting in November of last year by a commercial fishing business — the La Crosse based M…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-13
This diversion dam on Wyoming's Salt River seems pretty low, but it was blocking access to vital spawning habitat for some trout and other native fish. photo courtesy Trout Unlimited Across the West, many rivers and watersheds are fragmented by old diversion dams and other irrigation infrastructure. That’s a big problem for trout, which need access to the fu…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-13
Grow fly-fishing. That’s the mantra of the fly-fishing industry, which has admittedly been flat since the A River Runs Through It electricity died sometime in the 1990s. Fly-fishing growth would provide multiple benefits, and not just to a manufacturer’s, retailer’s or guide’s bottom line. More fly fishers, in fact, could increase fish-habita t and fisheries…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-10
Looking back on 2011, the most striking factor affecting the outdoors community in Berks County had to be the lopsided weather we had. Who remembers such a year from the past? See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in science based, proven, fish protection. Winter ice stretche…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-04
Nova Scotia Fish Habitat Assessment Protocol (NSFHAP) Clean Nova Scotia, in collaboration with the NSLC Adopt-A-Stream, is working on the development of a standardized fish habitat assessment methodology for specific use in Nova Scotia. The methodology is intended to be used by the various groups involved in the protection, restoration, and assessment of aqu…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-04
About the Fisheries Habitat and Ecosystem Program: "LAND CONSERVATION IS FISH CONSERVATION" The Fisheries Habitat and Ecosystem Program (FHEP) is working to understand how habitat changes impact Maryland's fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay. Our focus has been primarily on understanding how urbanization limits habitat for fish. See the dozens of unique artifici…
Read field note →conservation · 2012-01-04
Photo by Mike Harris Lake Gregory dredging tour Phil Krause, county park planner, points to areas on a map of Lake Gregory where silt has built up over the past few years. Krause was conducting an orientation tour of the lake on Dec. 21 for representatives from California Fish and Game, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board and Lake Gregory Improveme…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-20
Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative - JOIN THE COUNCIL IN CREATING HEALTHY STREAMS FOR WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE The Council’s Watershed Support Center takes challenges and turns them into opportunities for Tennessee rivers and streams and waterways and the wildlife and people who enjoy them. Thanks to a grant from the Dan and Margaret Maddox Charitable Fund, we w…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-19
Members of the Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association partnered with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries Division staff in making fish habitat improvements at Lake Fork last week. They took advantage of drought-induced low water levels that have exposed shorelines and they planted 400 buttonbush plants around the lake. Buttonbush is a native …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-19
NATIVE fish across the state are set to benefit from almost $550,000 worth of grants for on-ground fish rehabilitation projects, New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, announced today (Tuesday). Ms Hodgkinson says Habitat Action Grants (HAGs) will be provided for a range of projects across NSW using funds from the NSW Recreation…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-19
What was once a 553-foot Navy destroyer has become the East Coast’s largest artificial reef. This summer, as tourism and natural resources officials from Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland looked on, the new “reef,” slowly sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The Del-Jersey- Land reef, (named for the three states involved in the project) took about four …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-12
ISU student Dan Taylor shows off two rainbow trout he caught near the dock at Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake in Ames after the Iowa Department of Natural Resources stocked about 2,200 11- to 13-inch rainbow trout from a hatchery in Decorah, Iowa, on Friday November 19, 2011, in the north basin of the lake. / David Purdy/The Register A whole stringer of folks …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-12
Montana is among the states receiving funding for improving fish habitat . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.3 million to support 68 fish habitat projects in 36 states. An additional $9.9 million in partner contributions will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat , as well as to improving recreational f…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-12
BRATTLEBORO On Tuesday, Dec. 13, representatives from Windham Regional Commission and the Connecticut River Watershed Council will join with the State Watershed Coordinator, who will give a presentation on understanding the effects of Tropical Storm Irene on Brattleboro and the surrounding communities. Presenters include Chris Campany, executive director of …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-06
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. Stevie Fitz, a commercial fisherman, was pulling up his catch in one of his favorite spots off of Point Reyes in June when he saw something terrifying in his nets were nearly 300 bocaccio, a dwindling species of rockfish protected by the government. There are such strict limits on catching the overfished bocaccio that netting a large lo…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-12-06
Oil spill stains urban miracle in Colquitz Creek Three-year-olds Anabelle Irvine Topping, left, and Cyrus Lessard, from Playtime Preschool, get a close look at a spawned out male Coho salmon, held by volunteer Dorothy Chambers, during a visit to the fish counting fence in Cuthbert Holmes Park last Thursday. Don Denton/News staff “This is a teenager, a Jack” …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-29
Photo by Tracy Robillard Park Ranger David Quebedeaux places used Christmas trees in Thurmond Lake to enhance fish habitat. SAVANNAH, Ga. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thurmond Project Office will accept natural Christmas trees (no artificial trees) for recycling Dec. 16 through Jan. 6. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attra…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
Upgrades under way at popular fishing spot near Navajo Dam Chris Arnold of Durango lands a brown trout in the Texas Hole of the San Juan River below the Navajo Dam in New Mexico. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has begun work on $300,000 worth of improvements to the fish habitat on a popular 4-mile stretch of the river below the dam. NAVAJO DAM, N…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
One of the best things about living in Tennessee is the year round fishing opportunities that are available to anglers. And one of my favorite spots to fish is from our dock. However as part of the lakes management is a controlled winter drawdown. As you can see this does give homeowners time to do maintenance on their docks and their sea walls as the water …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSThis photo from the 1930s shows the 750-foot-long dike that dammed off the east channel of the Sandy River near its mouth. The structure today is not readily recognizable, as it is covered in silt with rock laid on top. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to remove the dike next summer. It seemed like a good idea 73 year…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
Three irrigation districts are blaming the federal Bureau of Reclamation for failing to adjust water releases from New Melones Reservoir to protect spawning Chinook salmon in the Stanislaus River. The districts contend the federal agency failed to heed their repeated warnings to more aggressively reduce reservoir storage throughout the year. As a result of h…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
VPR/ Nancy Eve Cohen Debris along the floodplain next to the Rock River in South Newfane. The Agency of Natural Resources is working to determine which log jams will cause problems during spring flooding. (Host) Tropical Storm Irene washed trees and other debris into rivers and streams. With winter coming on and the spring floods that follow, the state has l…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-27
Nov. 21-The first stage of a habitat makeover for Dry Creek coho salmon and steelhead is one step closer to construction. Sonoma County officials will unveil plans next summer to install side channels, boulders and logs to offer greater shelter for the endangered and threatened fish. The work is part of a 2008 federal order to improve conditions for the two …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-15
Photo by Jerry Jourdan Trenton, Mich. – Much like the television program called “Extreme Makeover” that showcases efforts to renovate houses and makeover people to achieve remarkable results, an industrial brownfield in Trenton, Mich. is undergoing an extreme makeover into the gateway to North America’s only international wildlife refuge. For 44 years, begin…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-11-08
The Missouri Department of Conservation began a project last week to increase fishing opportunities on Lake Taneycomo. On Friday, the department began placing fish habitats in the upper mile of the lake. A press release said periods of heavy hydropower generation below the dam leaves “trout vulnerable to swift currents and (limits) fishing access for wade an…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-08
View full size The Big Round Thing a tank once used to for liquid hyrdogren is shown being prepared to be sunk at Fish Haven 13. The tank was donated by NASA and sank by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources south of Pascagoula. (Submitted Photo courtesy of Mississippi Department of Marine Resources) PASCAGOULA, Mississippi A 107,000-gallon tank onc…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-08
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have administered improvements to the fish ladder at Daguerre Point Dam in an effort to facilitate spawning for two endangered fish species that hatch eggs in the upper reaches of the Yuba's South Fork. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-11-08
sets up plans Submitted by Editor on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 9:45am beach business casino community development health News recreation resort A new pier installation at Tahoe Beach Club www.beachclubtahoe.com will underscore the lakefront lifestyle at the first fully-owned residential lakefront development on Lake Tahoe in 25 years, and mark initial phase construc…
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2011 10 "Waters to Watch" Project Updates THURSDAY, 06 OCTOBER 2011 15:00 Manistee River, MI (Great Lakes Basin FHP) Staudinger's and Scoy Ponds, NY (Atlantic Coastal FHP) Llano River, TX (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership) Barataria Bay, LA (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership) Purpose of the project The Conservation Resource Alliance will coordin…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-13
SJRA LAKE BED GUIDELINES The recent drought has exposed many acres of lake bed resulting in the growth of terrestrial vegetation and the uncovering of debris that had previously settled on the bottom of the lake. When the lake refills, this vegetation and debris will provide valuable habitat for fish and other aquatic species, and the vegetation also helps s…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-13
At a time when many government programs are fighting for survival, there's one place the money is still flowing for now: the Great Lakes. In the past two years, Congress has pumped $775 million into the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a plan to deal with problems scientists say could turn the world's largest freshwater system into an ecological wasteland…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-13
Tonia Burns, natural resources coordinator for the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District, left, tells tour participants about the district's local partners in watershed projects. Although there was no stated theme for the second annual watershed tour sponsored by the North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council, speakers all noted the power of people wor…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-12
Christopher Meyers, Director of Planning for City of Gary, (left) and Joel Baldwin, project manager with Hitchcock Design Group, talk about the dredging work at the Marquette Lagoon that will soon begin following a press conference at Marquette Park in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Friday October 7, 2011. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media At a glance See…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-12
So far, ‘Restoring Our Lake’ columns have described the Great Lakes Area of Concern cleanup program, how White Lake came to be designated an Area of Concern in 1985, progress made at restoring White Lake, and several of the problems, or Beneficial Use Impairments, identified for White Lake. This column will focus on the loss of fish habitat and degraded fish…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-05
NAVAJO DAM – A $300,000 fish habitat improvement project is scheduled to begin Oct. 10 on the trophy trout waters of the San Juan River below Navajo Dam. The project is designed to enhance fishing opportunities in two ways: by reducing silt deposits from flash-flood events, and by creating deeper pools for fish during periods of low flow from Navajo Dam. The…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-05
Northeast Region, September 30, 2011 Log vanes along left bank to reduce bank erosion and promote substrate deposition along Walnut Creek. - Photo Credit: Raymond Li, USFWS See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish hab…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-10-05
Island construction in middle of Illinois River PEORIA, Ill. — Construction of an island in the middle of the Illinois River and Lake Peoria has started as part of a project the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes will recreate deep underwater habitats for fish. More than 70,000 cubic yards of silt and river soil have been dredged and now form the outline of …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-26
A finger in the water Adam's Rib Ranch has taken an active hand in water quality with Brush Creek enhancements See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to pro…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-14
CLINTON — On Monday, Aug. 29, a meeting was held at The Clinton Home, which brought together local and state officials and others to discuss the results of a fish habitat study conducted on portions of Wekepeke Brook and the former Clinton Water Works in Sterling. The meeting was hosted by Northeast Geoscience Inc of Clinton at the request of Nestlé Waters N…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-14
Derelict boats that are along the White Salmon River, as well as other garbage, could get stuck at the mouth of the Columbia River, muddying up and burying prime fish habitat. »PLAY VIDEO COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE - The White Salmon River is in for somewhat of an overhaul. When the Condit Dam is dismantled, more than two million tons of sediment will have nowhere…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-10
See what work is being done on a large scale in Arizona in the name of fish habitat. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper. Bulding Fish Habitat…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-08
Some ranchers in eastern Oregon are crying foul over a stream restoration project they believe has caused more harm to threatened fish than cattle grazing. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to p…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-09-08
Francis Skalicky, Missouri Department of Conservation Fish gotta' swim Long before that became a memorable song lyric in the popular musical “Showboat,” it was a well-known fundamental of a fish’s life cycle. In addition to being the impetus for generations of scientific research, that basic principle of fish biology has intrigued anglers for as long as huma…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-08
Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable, call for stopping unsustainable fisheries and government subsidies that support them. A team of leading marine scientists from around the world is recommending an end to most commercial fishing in the deep sea, the Earth’s largest ecosystem. Instead, they recommend fishing in more productive waters…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-02
Oregon Governor’s Fund for the Environment Awards More Than $480,000 in Grants, Announces New Grants Available For 2012 Restoration Projects PORTLAND, Ore. – On Thursday, August 25th in Portland, Oregon, Governor John Kitzhaber will award $481,690 in thirteen grants to aid farmers, landowners, and local governments for being stewards of our natural resources…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-01
As a boy, I often listened to old anglers' stories about the might of the River Maine and its yield of catches before my time. They'd tell of how it used to burst its banks and flood half the town and how salmon used to go tearing upstream at the tail-end of the year to spawn in the upper reaches of its many tributaries. There were several attempts to rid th…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-01
Upper Washougal River restoration moves ahead Project anchors logs to create fish habitat GREG WAHL-STEPHENS The Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group has anchored nearly 160 logs along the Upper Washougal River this year in an effort to restore natural fish habitat . Inmate crews from Larch Corrections Center work above Dougan Creek Campground earlier this …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-09-01
Trouble in seabird paradise A government effort to save Columbia River salmon becomes an unexpected bird battle, forcing scientists to consider a flock of new questions and options after nature shows its unpredictable side. Thousands of these double-crested cormorants have settled on East Sand Island in the Columbia River, helping to turn what was supposed t…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-29
US - The US Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.4 million to support 84 fish habitat projects in 38 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.8 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-29
WATER: Inland Empire agencies sue federal government over fish habitat expansion Saying important water supplies were at stake, 12 Inland Empire water agencies said Tuesday they've sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and onl…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-29
BAKER LAKE, Nunavut — Prime Minister Stephen Harper pointed to environmental impacts of development in Canada’s largest cities Wednesday as he defended a government decision to allow a local gold mine to dump its waste into nearby fish habitat . “Obviously, when you dig holes here, you know, you create some environmental issues and those have to be addressed…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-27
WHITE CITY — Biologist Jay Doino dodges backhoes and dump trucks as he makes his way toward a patch of dirt and grass deep within the Denman Wildlife Area, a couple of hundred yards away from the banks of Little Butte Creek. In his mind, Doino fast-forwards to December, when this oval impression in the ground will become an important watery alcove where youn…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-27
Cisco, a forage fish, may disappear as waters warm Photo credit: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources MADISON, Wis. - A study conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says that climate change is threatening a native fish found in the state’s deepest and coldest bodies of water, and researchers warn the population may drop by up to 70 percent wit…
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Franklin: Work on Bear Creek will pay off for trout anglers Outdoors: Channel cats on prowl even during heat Outdoors: Cutthroat trout fishing's fantastic Outdoors: Audubon nature center aims at tourism Outdoors: Women seek healing and fish in nature Nature's Way: Prairies Considering my lifelong love of trout fishing and my passion for conservation, it was …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-27
Alaska spends about $500,000 on approximately 10 projects a year for fish habitat and related work. Improvements of habitats are Proposals for FY 2011 essential fish habitat (EFH) recently were funded. Project selection for EFH research is based on research priorities from the EFH Research Implementation Plan for Alaska. Approximately $500,000 is spent on ab…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-23
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.4 million to support 84 fish habitat projects in 38 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.8 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as imp…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-18
When we talk about fishing and being in the outdoors, waste removal, disposal and recycling won't come up much in the conversation. We enjoy the clean air and water which holds our quarry, not considering the orchestrated work taking place for fish habitat and the environment by waste recovery companies like K.Hoving companies in West Chicago, Illinois. We t…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-16
A late bird nesting season will not hamper work on a fish habitat restoration project that began on Colony Farm last week, according to a Metro Vancouver parks official. A late bird nesting season will not hamper work on a fish habitat restoration project that began on Colony Farm last week, according to a Metro Vancouver parks official. Frieda Schade, the r…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-16
Although rain and snow were bountiful this spring, state biologists are asking ranchers and farmers near the Scott and Shasta rivers to voluntarily cut back their irrigation water use to protect threatened coho salmon. The move is the latest in a dispute over fish habitat that has put the Department of Fish and Game in the middle of a battle between farmers …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-16
Family, friends, and neighbors were invited to lend a hand for fish habitat , and to help plant native shrubs to help improve fish habitat along Colborne Creek on Saturday, August 13th 2011. The Colborne Creek project, located in Cramahe Township . See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-16
AUG 15 2011 If you care about sustainable communities, what topics do you pursue? A leading green organization outlines its priorities. NRDC's work for sustainable communities at the neighborhood scale and on regional planning is designed to address multiple environmental issues simultaneously. But, at the same time, moving toward sustainability requires wor…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-13
Below are links to statefact sheets, associated with The release of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan Report; THROUGH AFISH’S EYE: The Status of Fish Habitats In The United States 2010 . These Fact sheets provide an important picture of the challenges and opportunities facing fish and those engaged in fish habitat conservation efforts. Urbanization, agri…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-13
Florida warhorse to play R&B Jacksonville, Fla. native JJ Grey and his band Mofro give two performances at the 19th annual Roots and Blues Festival in Salmon Arm Aug. 19 to 21. Published: August 12, 2011 1:00 AM An avid outdoorsman, Grey is a dedicated fisherman and surfer and holds an honorary position on the board of the Snook Foundation, dedicated to the …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-13
12 Aug, 2011 03:14 PM Grants worth more than half-a-million-dollars are now available for individuals and groups interested in rehabilitating fish habitat throughout the State, says Department of Primary Industries’ fisheries conservation manager Charlotte Jenkins.“Applications are now open for grants of up to $40,000 as part of the NSW Government’s habitat …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-10
Conservation Futures funds should be used for conservation, not urban parks August 9th, 2011 If this is how money will be doled out, then the Tribe has been duped into supporting this funding program. We have learned that the Thurston County Commission intends to support using Thurston Conservation Futures money to support “preserving” land for an urban park…
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| August 9, 2011 SEASIDE — Seaside stands to benefit from an $875,000 project managed by the Necanicum Watershed Council, but the city will pay only for the time spent by its public works director on the project. The watershed council will begin a project in mid-September to upgrade the water diversion on the south fork of the Necanicum River. The city will …
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Lorain scores . Published: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 LORAIN — Federal grants worth more than $1.3 million will pay for additional ecological restoration along the shores of the Black River. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration on Monday is giving the city two grants to design and reconstruct natural habitat, including new planting along the strea…
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Project aims to enhance habitat, fish passage Blue Mountain Eagle | August 9, 2011 Discuss MITCHELL - Crews recently replaced a rusty, ineffective culvert with a fish-friendly bridge over Bridge Creek, near the entrance to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument's Painted Hills Unit. The bridge is one of several improvement projects under way along Bridge…
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Habitat restoration soars on Columbia River, but fish benefits are murky Monday, May 09, 2011, 1:39 PM What should the payback be for habitat restoration? Salmon is the fish in question here as.. View full size Jamie Francis To document results, April Cameron and Jason Smith, biologists with the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, catch, count and releas…
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8th August 2011 COFFS Coasters wondering just what happens to money raised through NSW recreational fishing fees? .. now have the answer. One thing it’s used for is grants under the NSW Government’s Habitat Action Grant program, with more than half a million dollars available for individuals or groups interested in rehabilitating fish habitat throughout the …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-07
See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper.
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-07
More than 800 million has been invested in recent years in these state fish habitat projects alone, see where your money is being spent . See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish wi…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-06
Kokish River Hatchery gets $10,000 donation Ed Bennett of the Port McNeill Chinook Club holds a ceremonial cheque during a presentation by five North Island businesses Friday at the Kokish River Hatchery near Port McNeill. Photo submitted The Kokish River Hatchery received a $10,000 boost toward its salmon enhancement efforts Friday, thanks to the efforts of…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-05
Coast in the running for World's most prestigious environmental award,worth $195,000 to the winner The Sunshine Coast Rivers Community group has been short listed as a finalist for one of the World’s most prestigious environmental awards – the 2011 Australian National Riverprize - worth $195,000 to the winner. The group, headed by Sunshine Coast Council, is …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-04
Conserving wild salmon habitat makes sense for Southeast Alaska Posted: August 3, 2011 - 8:38pm If you like to eat salmon, either grilled, baked or Southeast Alaska’s coastal temperate rainforest is part of the largest temperate rainforest in the world. The Tongass National Forest is a unique example of the temperate rainforest ecosystem in part because it h…
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Reefing operations began in Port Mansfield last week in a joint project between the Coastal Conservation Association, Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow and Texas Parks and Wildlife. Over 4,000 concrete culverts.. culverts will be deployed about seven nautical miles offshore from Port Mansfield. These artificial forms will join 800 other culverts and an old tug…
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Fish habitat project planned on Beaver Creek is combined effort Posted: Wednesday, Aug 3rd, 2011 Jason Kirchner, ODFW habitat restoration biologist, surveys Beaver Creek prior to the placement of large woody debris to improve fish habitat. (Courtesy photo) This month, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation Dist…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-04
State, U.S. Approve Fish Habitat Plan We are happy to announce that we now have the permits from both the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. (MDEQ) It is time to begin building reefs and improving the fish habitat in Lake Charlevoix! See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-03
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership announced Thursday they have granted the Bad River Natural Resources Department $55,115 for the Graveyard Creek Habitat Restoration project. The Bad River Natural Resources Department will improve cold water habitat for resident and coaster brook trout by re…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-03
Larger text Smaller text Dutch Fork to be refilled starting next fall Tuesday, August 2, 2011 The project Details about repairing Dutch Fork Lake: History: Dutch Fork Lake was created in 1959. That dam had outlived its usefulness when the lake was drained in 2004, Fish and Boat Commission officials said. Cost: $4.5 million, with the money coming from a state…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-31
Photo Angler Nets 2,649 Fish in 24 Hours, Sets Record Jeff Kolodzinski broke year-old world record Updated: Sunday, 31 Jul 2011, 12:08 PM CDT Published : Sunday, 31 Jul 2011, 12:07 PM CDT MINNETONKA, Minn. - A Minnesota man spent 24 consecutive hours fishing off a dock at Maynard’s on Lake Minnetonka, and in that time he was able to net over 2,000 fish and s…
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Near shore artificial reefs build fish habitat, coastal economy Friday, 29 July 2011 14:24 TPWD Culverts head out to be dumped in the ocean near Port Mansfield last week. Photo by TPWD. Reefing operations began in Port Mansfield last week in a joint project between the Coastal Conservation Association, Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow and Texas Parks and Wild…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-31
The USS Radford's final journey Destroyer will be sunk to create artificial reef off IR Inlet 11:51 PM, Jul. 29, 2011 | See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they pref…
Read field note →usa · 2011-07-31
BY CHARLES BERMAN cberman@pioneerlocal.com July 25, 2011 8:26PM Shawna Herleth-King, of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), inspects Rainbow Trout that were netted July 14 at the mouth of the Rosewood Beach ravine. Five fish species, including two listed by the state as “species in greatest need of conservation” were found in the Highland Park…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-07-31
Fish habitat improvement In 1992, the Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Program began construction and placement of fish habitat structures in 42 coves throughout the lake, with the objective of enhancing and sustaining the game fish population. Since completion in 2002, the program has continued to maintain these structures. Residents feel strongly about pr…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-31
7/29/2011 Small Grant Recipients The Western Native Trout Initiative, a venture of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and a National Fish Habitat Partnership, is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of the new “Small Project Funding Program.” The purpose of this program is to provide a source of funding to organizations de…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-31
Posted by SuzieDowning 2 days ago () Category : Science | Tags : National Geographic (NewDesignWorld Press Center) - A controversial plan to remove four dams from the Klamath River to save endangered salmon could make its way to Congress in the coming weeks. Capitol Hill lawmakers will consider taking down California’s Iron Gate, Copco 2, Copco 1, and John C…
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7/28/2011Contact: Mark Brouder, 715-682-6185 x. 11, Mark_ Brouder@fws.gov Ashley Spratt, 612-713-5314, Ashley_Spratt @fws.gov The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Midwest Region, in partnership with the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership (GLBFHP), announced today that approximately $500,000 of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding will s…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-28
Fish Habitat Brush Piles » See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper.
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-28
Wildlands Conservancy helps return waterway in oft-overlooked downtown park to health. (from left) Billy Hazlet, 20, Amber Troxell, 20, and Tommy Howard, 19, all of Allentown, workers for Allentown's "stream team" use brush cutters to cut down Japanese Knotweed at Trout Creek Park in Allentown. They are removing a variety of invasive plants such as Japanese …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-28
WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: BC law fails to protect fish habitat Kamloops and Shuswap Lake. Photo by Flickr user autumy. From WCEL staff lawyer Andrew Gage: A BC Court of Appeal decision issued earlier this month (July 5th) has confirmed that the province’s Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) by itself provides little legal protection for fish habitat. The RAR…
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Integrating habitat models into commercial fishing practice Sponsor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dates: 9/15/2010 – 8/31/2012 Project Description Figures Objectives We propose to form a small, interdisciplinary workgroup of habitat scientists, oceanographers, fishery managers, social scientists, and commercial fishermen to develop ecologi…
Read field note →usa · 2011-07-24
A primary goal of the Program is to increase fish habitat quality and quantity to support increased salmonid populations. Changes in rearing habitat availability for salmonids were assessed over the 40 miles of the Trinity River and pre- and post-construction at channel rehabilitation sites. Site Evaluation Habitat assessments are conducted at bank rehabilit…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-24
Outdoor Notes : Oil spill threatens sensitive fish habitat Sunday, July 10, 2011 (Tom Meade). The ExxonMobil oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana won’t affect popular trout-fishing stretches in Yellowstone National Park and other areas upstream of Billings, but the spill may harm a sensitive transitional area of the river, according to Trout Unlimit…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-21
This is my home lake where the Fishiding idea came to reality. Our sportsman's club is a large part of this long awaited cleanup of our "Gem" By JOSEPH BUSTOS - jbustos@nwherald.com WONDER LAKE – It might be another year before any sediment comes out of Wonder Lake, as the $5.9 million lake dredging project remains in the permitting and design stage. Permits…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-19
Take Me Fishing See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper. www.fishiding.com Fishing Resources Boating Resources Boating & Fishing By State Boating …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-19
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement evaluating a proposed multi-species, multi-state draft Habitat Conservation Plan and application for an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act. The HCP was developed by NiSource Inc., primarily a natural gas transmission, distribution and …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-19
Posted on July 19, 2011 by Marshall Cutchin The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) today joined Trout Unlimited and a host of other sporting and conservation organizations in opposing the so-called Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act , which would remove all protections from the last, best fishing and hunting destinations in the United State…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-18
OPINION: Suction dredging does not harm fish or fish habitat JUL17 Written by: Article Admin 7/17/2011 1:33 AM Miners and prospectors have been handed a bum rap from environmental extremists for the past 40 years. Radical environmentalists tend to conjure up images of hydraulicing — an outdated and outlawed mining technique of eroding away entire mountainsid…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-17
Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:30 pm | Updated: 4:25 pm, Wed Jul 13, 2011. By Bill Allmann Times Sports Correspondent | 0 comments NEW BRIGHTON — The fishing at New Brighton’s Fishing Park has always been exceptional. The dam there adds oxygen to the water, which makes the environment conducive to fish and plentiful fish make it conducive to area anglers.…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-16
July 15th, 2011 Lowman, ID – A portion of the popular Landmark – Stanley Road (Forest Road 579) will be temporarily closed from July 25 through approximately August 9 at Tennessee Creek in the Bear Valley area to remove and replace two culverts. This project received a $43,000 grant from the Southwest Idaho RAC and will improve fish habitat and fish passage,…
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BY CONRAD SWANSON | JULY 15, 2011 7:20 AM The Iowa City summer is filled with kids going to various camps, groups of incoming university students, and groups of people both young and old relaxing outside in the sticky heat. One group says it's even more relaxed than the rest, though. Anglers can be found casting their lines at the Coralville Reservoir, along…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-16
Published July 14, 2011, 12:49 AM The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee is recommending a shoreline stabilization program along Indian Village Road. By: Tom Lawrence , The Daily Republic The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee is recommending a shoreline stabilization program along Indian Village Road. The committee proposes installing riprap along the lake betw…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-16
SCIENCE July 14, 2011 at 3:30 PM EDT Loss of Top Predators Has Far-Reaching Effects BY: JENNY MARDER Photo credit: Young aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by William Ripple, courtesy of Oregon State University. Sea otters eat sea urchins and sea urchins eat kelp. When sea otters are present, the coastal kelp forests maintain a healthy balance. …
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-07-14
Missouri Conservation Department hopes to have useful information to share with anglers when the study is complete ARTICLE | JULY 12, 2011 - 11:05AM | BY MICHELE SKALICKY About four years ago, the Missouri Department of Conservation, along with a few other organizations began the Table Rock Lake National Fish Habitat Initiative, a project designed to maintai…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-10
Colorado sportsmen's concern runs deep for fish habitat in wake of Yellowstone River oil spill By David O. Williams Real Aspen – July 6, 2011 Sportsmen’s groups as far away as Colorado are deeply concerned about the potential degradation of fish and wildlife habitat resulting from Friday’s ExxonMobil oil spill in the pristine Yellowstone River 20 miles upstr…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-10
Official: 'Misperception' to blame for proposed suit over fish habitat 1:41 AM, Jul. 9, 2011 | RIVERSIDE — A dozen Inland Empire water agencies poised to wage a legal battle against the Obama administration over its decision to expand the habitat of an endangered fish may be laboring under a “misperception” about the impact of the edict, a federal official s…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-06
Another View: Give managed forestry credit for the fish habitat at Battle Creek Share By David A. Bischel Published: Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3E Re "Governor needs to keep pledge at Battle Creek " (Editorial, June 21): The Bee's editorial board took what should have been a positive story about removing dams and instead pandered to unfounded fe…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-06
By David O. Williams | 07.05.11 ExxonMobil workers on Tuesday were scrambling to add staff and finds ways to work in swift-moving flood waters to soak up more than 40,000 gallons of oil the company spilled into Montana’s pristine Yellowstone River Friday night. Exxon oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River puts spotlight back on pipeline safety By David O. …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
Action Plan News Williams Run, Pennsylvania Williams Run, Pennsylvania MONDAY, 09 NOVEMBER 2009 15:06 Williams Run is a tributary of South Sandy Creek in Venango County, PA. Aquatic habitat in Williams Run has been severely damaged since coal mining activities produced acid mine drainage in the stream. Water conditions were degraded with a very low pH, no al…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
Published: Saturday, July 02, 2011 By RICHARD PAYERCHIN rpayerchin@MorningJournal.com See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper. Click to enlarge LO…
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Fish Habitat Program Funding assistance is available to County Conservation Boards for land acquisition and development of fish habitat. Up to 90 percent of costs may be reimbursed under this program. Land must be under the direct control of the county to be eligible for assistance. This program is unique in that the applications are sent to the County Conse…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
By Tony Graf tgraf@stmedianetwork.com June 29, 2011 8:38PM View Gallery Updated: June 30, 2011 8:34AM BRACEVILLE — Braidwood Lake has more than 80 new artificial fish habitats, thanks to a team effort Wednesday by Exelon Nuclear, local anglers and a state agency. The habitats complement a five-year-long stocking effort that has added more than 310,000 finger…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
The catfish's cradle Species thrives under near-perfect conditions found in Lake Houston By SHANNON TOMPKINS June 30, 2011, 10:59AM Shannon Tompkins When fishing Lake Houston's thriving catfish fishery, guide Walter Pratt and clients regulary land blue cats. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishi…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
By Andy McGlashen • June 16, 2011 Our debut story this week looks at the most recent “Waters to Watch” list from the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, a nationwide collaboration between government agencies, grassroots groups and others to restore and improve fish habitat. Just a few days before issuing the list, the Action Plan released a report (PDF) outli…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
GARY ENGBERG|For the State Journal | No Comments Posted | Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:00 pm See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper. A walle…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-07-05
The Arrowsmith Water Service draws its supply from this dam on the Englishman RIver. News file photo By Auren Ruvinsky - Parksville Qualicum Beach News Published: June 28, 2011 9:00 AM Updated: June 28, 2011 9:07 AM After a long tough process the Arrowsmith Water Service settled important governance and funding issues at their latest meeting. At their June 2…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-23
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 at 4:19 PM Sportsmen Condemn House Attempt to Weaken Clean Water Act H.R. 2018 would undermine EPA authority to enforce Clean Water Act, diminishing water quality and harming valuable fish and wildlife habitat. Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fis…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-21
WRITTEN BY STEVE OSTERMANN WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2011 18:25 After years of planning and debate, $1.6 million Grafton dam modification faces rejection by DNR The long-awaited and much-discussed fish passage expected to be built at the Bridge Street dam in Grafton this summer appears to be dead in the water. A $1.6 MILLION fish passage was to be built at the east…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-21
Project OverviewThis project will restore the Paw Paw River by removing both the spillway and diversion dams. After removal, the river channel and banks will be restored. With over 40 fish species, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division and The Nature Conservancy consider the Paw Paw River one of the highest quality freshwater syste…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-21
Pebble again on the ballot - for now - in Lake & Pen Borough By Andrew Jensen Alaska Journal of Commerce Another ballot battle over Pebble mine is brewing. The "Save Our Salmon" initiative was certified May 30 to be placed on the Lake and Peninsula Borough ballot this October after initiative backers turned in a petition claiming more than 300 signatures, we…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-06-21
Colony Farm Regional Park was picked as a site for the creation of fish channels to offset habitat destroyed by the Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1 project. By Jeff Nagel - BC Local News Published: June 09, 2011 Local environmentalists are criticizing the province's $3-million plan to upgrade fish habitat in Metro Vancouver's Colony Farm Regional Park to compensa…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-06-21
Partnerships Fish Habitat Partnerships Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership The international Great Lakes Basin is a unique and biologically diverse region containing the largest surface freshwater system in the world, with sport and commercial fisheries valued at over $7 billion annually. The fishery and aqua…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-06-21
"An important factors in fish health and human health is water quality. We all need clean water to stay healthy, and forested waterways play an important role in maintaining clean water supply." More information: Water Pathways in a Managed Forest Floodplains and Wetlands People need clean water . In the western United States, almost all municipal water—the …
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2011-06-21
Vision: The worldwide angling public recognizes Florida as the “Bass Fishing Capital of the World,” based on great resources and responsible management. Florida’s bass fisheries provide outstanding ecological, social and economic benefits to the state of Florida. Introduction: This Black Bass Management Plan for Florida incorporates wide spread public input …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 9, 2011 CONTACT:Division of Forestry/Central OfficeRick Rogers, Forest Resources Program Manager, 907-269-8473 - The Alaska Board of Forestry released its 2010 report on implementation of the Alaska Forest Resources and Practices Act (FRPA) this week. The board announced that the act continues to protect fish habitat and water quali…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-02
By Mindy Ward, Missouri Farmer Today Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:29 PM CDT CUBA, Mo. Bob Baker did not know an endangered species was living in his cattle’s watering hole. The pink mucket mussel resides in the mud and sand of Baker’s Lick Creek in Crawford County. The mussel is not easily identified in the creek bed because it buries itself in the sand and g…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-01
Editorial: Restoring the river: Cedar Creek residents can play a crucial role Published: Wednesday, June 01, 2011, 6:57 AM By Paula Holmes-Greeley | The Muskegon Chronicle CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO The flooded Muskegon River put the majority of Terry Bayne's 52-acre Cedar Creek Township farm under water in April. â??The problem is, there's no place for it to go,â…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-01
By Contributed Opinion - Gulf Islands Driftwood Published: June 01, 2011 10:00 AM By GEORGE EHRING Over the May long weekend, I had the opportunity to go on a marine nature tour with Ian Gidney of Gulf Islands Safaris. As much as I really wanted to push thoughts of the Trust out of my mind and enjoy watching the orcas, sea lions, seals, eagles and other wild…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-06-01
Ian McKenzie, with the Bilston Watershed Protection Society, is backing the Habitat Acquisition Trust's program to have people living near Bilston Creek in Langford and Metchosin become stewards of the watershed. Edward Hill/News staff By Edward Hill - Goldstream News Gazette Published: May 31, 2011 3:00 PM Updated: June 01, 2011 2:40 PM In Witty’s Lagoon pa…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-31
At Claytor Lake, thousands of fish have been brought in to try to tame an invasive monster weed. A grass carp shares a tank with sprigs of hydrilla on the boat launch dock at Claytor Lake. Six thousand of the fish were released into the lake Thursday. The sterile grass carp, delivered from Arkansas, are flushed into Claytor Lake on Thursday. Officials hope t…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-31
Published: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:45 a.m. MDT By Danelle Landis, Ketchikan Daily News KETCHIKAN, Alaska — "We got to miss school and go fishing" Fawn Mountain Elementary School fourth-grader Asher Ilten yelled. He leaned against the railing of the Ketchikan School District's F/V Jack Cotant while holding up his limp, fiercely spined rockfish. Cheers flew as…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-31
May 28, 2011 in City Concerns over spawning habitat delayed project, allowing $530,000 award to expire Christopher Anderson photo Buy this photo Water rushes past old railroad bridge abutments near the Sandifur Memorial Bridge just west of downtown Spokane on Friday. (Full-size photo) More on this topic The future of a proposed white-water park in the Spokan…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-31
<iframe width="560 height="349 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Te4PTSHdx5Y" frameborder="0 allowfullscreen></iframe> Salmon Habitat Restoration In Coos Bay Watch this video on YouTube
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-31
Fish Habitat Forum looks to future 30 May 2011 LAST week's Fishers for Fish Habitat Forum held in Tamworth saw more than 60 recreational fishos join forces with landholders, scientists and natural resource managers to discuss ways to improve fish habitat. "The Forum provided an unparalleled opportunity for fishers from across NSW to learn more about the late…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-26
By Trina Kleist Staff Writer Share on Facebook Email Print Comment Recommend Fish would benefit from an effort by water district officials and environmentalists to increase the amount of water flowing in some waterways. And both sides appeared optimistic about their prospects during a public hearing before the Nevada Irrigation District board on Wednesday. T…
Read field note →usa · 2011-05-25
Chapter #1 A force as big as all outdoors : Meals: $165 Fishing license: $30 New boat and trailer: $52,000 ATV: $6,000 Motel: $69.95 x 5 nights Boat registration: $60 Hunting license: $50 Gas: $75 Two weeks’ groceries: $300 GPS and walkie-talkies: $295 Gas $115 Polarized sunglasses: $90 Fish finder: $360 Boat winterization: $300 New rod and reel: $295 Flower…
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By Susan Varno Sunday, May 22, 2011 Photo by Susan Varno / Contributing Writer Mill Creek is shown after George Bartmess stripped vegetation from the bank in 2008. His property ends where the trees and vegetation begin. THREE RIVERS AREA — The roar of a bulldozer on the banks of Mill Creek alerted residents in Izard County that their lives were about to chan…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-25
By Contributed Opinion - Gulf Islands Driftwood Published: May 25, 2011 10:00 AM Recent criticisms about the proposed Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) bylaw and the process for its implementation seem to have lost sight of its primary purpose. That is, to regulate activities on land that could result in contamination of critically important streams, lakes, we…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-25
Not only has fishiding artificial fish habitat been used in private lakes and ponds for aquatic balance, but the pro's in bass and crappie fishing on getting on-board fast. Since hitting the market just over two years ago, fishiding artificial fish attractors are taking fish habitat to a whole new level. For years fisherman and pond owners have been putting …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-24
Photos Largemouth Bass Download: large-mouth_bass.jpg Please Credit "Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation" News from the Southwest region Published on: May. 19, 2011 Posted by Francis Skalicky SPRINGFIELD MO The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the University of Missouri are working together on a radio-telemetry study that will provide i…
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May 20, 2011 Our Stories No Comments E-mail This Post By Matt Hrodey A new study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the potential for damage to fish habitats in the Driftless area of Wisconsin, a hilly region in the state’s southwestern reaches, is great, and the damage may have already been done. The findings come from a national survey of fish habi…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-24
Eldon Peters Environmental Biology and Mathematical Modeling Instructor: Shannon Leissner Assistant: Shana Funderburk Largemouth bass are a good indicator of pond health and will specify the health of the tested pond after the treatment of any adversary conditions. The study follows the set guidelines obtained by Brady (1981) to determine the procedure neede…
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Published Saturday May 21st, 2011 A7 R. Allen Curry Commentary STUMBLE UPON DEL.ICIO.US DIGG FACEBOOK PRINT EMAIL 3 COMMENT(S) The fishing season is upon us and when the spring flood recedes this season, New Brunswick's brook trout will face a new onslaught of apparently starving anglers. ENLARGE PHOTO Photo: Images NB Fishermen cast for trout on Lac Baker. …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-24
The stream in front of the post office will now be better for fish life. By Becky Emmers | Email the author | May 20, 2011 0 Comments View full size Add your photos & videos Share Tweet Email Print Start Following Submit a tip Tell Your Neighbors About Patch The Upper St. Clair Public Works department teamed up with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-19
cribs ready to go We recently sent a custom artificial fish habitat arrangement to Nebraska to be installed in Aaron Graham's personal pond at his home. Aaron and his two boys stayed up late the night they arrived, each of them creating ther own personal fish attractors by bending them into shape. We put together a plan for him with a lake map he provided sh…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-18
Outdoor Promotions Helping Storm Victims Outdoor Promotions, the parent company of Crappie USA and Cabela's King Kat Tournament Trail and one of the leaders in top quality tournaments and outdoor events is proud to announce that we are working to help victims of the tremendous storms which have played havoc with the northern Alabama area. " I have had severa…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-18
Imperial Oil charged Andrew Livingstone Northern News Services Published Monday, May 16, 2011 LLI GOLINE/NORMAN WELLS - The alleged release of a corrosive substance into the Mackenzie River at Imperial Oil's central processing facility in Norman Wells has landed the company in court on seven charges of contaminating the water system and failing to comply wit…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-18
Lake rehab project continues this summer Story Comments Share Share Print Create a hardcopy of this page Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Share fisherman This trout may look like a trophy, but it's likely a rainbow-cutthroat hybrid. An ongoing FWP project is trying to stop hybridization of trout in 21 high mountain lakes along the Hungry Horse R…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-10
Fish Habitat Vernon County Land & Water Conservation Department In some streams, sport fish populations are limited by the amount of available cover and shelter (submerged boulders, logs, tree roots, undercut banks, and overhanging vegetation). Fish use these protective areas to rest, hide from predators, and catch food items drifting in the swirling current…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-09
CRAYFISH - ASSET OR LIABILITY? - BY DR. RICHARD O. ANDERSON AND BOB LUSK Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:29pm Pond Boss moderator Dave Davidson examines a crawfish trap. Pondmeister Johnny Tanner, from Carrollton, Georgia, has a small pond where he raises crawfish to feed his bass in a larger lake. Inset: Oronectes, 'papershell crayfish' from Missouri. Any b…
Read field note →usa · 2011-05-04
? ? Here's a pro's view of the newest artificial fish habitat from Fishiding.com http:// www.bradwiegmann.com/pond-fishing/pond-management/585-artificial-pvc-fish-attractors-by-fishiding-for-building-fish-cover.html
Read field note →conservation · 2011-05-03
Q&A with Ted Danson, author of 'Oceana' Actor and activist says oceans can recover from overfishing and acidification, but only with our help. Tue, May 03 2011 at 7:38 AM EST Comments Photo: Kate Danson MNN: What is this book about and why did you decide to write it? Ted Danson: This book is about the crisis in our oceans : How did we get here and how do we …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-29
NASA is partnering with other federal agencies to fund new research and applications efforts that will bring the global view of climate from space down to Earth to benefit wildlife and key ecosystems. NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Smithsonian Institution will provide $18 million for 15 new researc…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-28
TOP FISHING NEWS: NJ Legislator Calls for Hearings After Funding Lost for Artificial Reef Programs by Brandon Published on 04-21-2011 02:41 PM Many coastal states have made a increased effort over the years to increase the number of artificial reels to replace lost fish habitat and enhance existing habitat. New Jersey was recently notified by the federal gov…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-28
By Brendan Trembath Updated Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:51pm AEST Use old oil rigs as fish nurseries, scientists say Researchers believe fish could find refuge within the rigs and be safe from the trawlers. AUDIO: Oil rigs could have new ocean friendly role (The World Today) Australian marine scientists are proposing leaving thousands of decommissioned oil rigs in th…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-28
Coral reefs in crisis - But they have vast potential Humans are stopping proper functioning of reefs April 2011: In an unprecedented collaborative analysis, scientists from 49 nations demonstrated that the ability of reef fish systems to produce goods and services to humanity increases rapidly with the number of species. COMPLEX: But coral reef systems funct…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-28
What’s this? Choco Hills rising underneath seas? ( Check out pvc fish habitat at: fishiding.com ) PANGLAO – There is already the life-size Virgin Mary and Sto. Nino statues entrenched undersea along Danajon Double Barrier Reef, off Bien-Unido, the seaweed capital town. This time, maybe, it is the Chocolate Hills reefs undersea in this premier tourist municip…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-28
Here is some more info. on the isupportoutdoored.com. Get involved and help get our kids in the outdoors! Here is their home page. It is part of the pursuit channel. http://www.pursuitchannel.com/default.asp I was looking around on their site and found Keith Warren. He is a hunter who is now putting back helping young people and others get excited about hunt…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-27
Structure Fishing 101 written by Tim Allard Structures are a big factor in fish habitat and certain types will concentrate fish. Structures are areas where there is a variance in the depth or contours of the lake bottom. If you're new to fishing, knowing how to find structure and understanding how fish relate to it will dramatically improve your ability to f…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-26
by Kim Knowles For nearly ten years, Prairie Rivers network has been working on strengthening our state’s antidegradation law. This law was designed to prevent degradation of clean waters through the promotion of new and innovative water pollution reduction technologies. Prairie Rivers network was involved in the passing of the law in 2002, and since that ti…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-26
Warmwater Lake and Pond Habitat Initiative Fishiding underwater fish attractors The Department's fisheries biologists recently discussed the feasibility of installing fish habitat structures to mitigate for the absence or loss of physical fish habitat in some New Hampshire water bodies. This discussion was initiated because of the potential opportunity that …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Fish Cribs 101 – Reprint from Ripples JUNE 22, 2010 by crescentlakewi Fish Cribs 101 By Bob Young – OCLRA Director Attend some northern Wisconsin lake association meetings and you‘ll probably run into this before long: …let‘s put in some fish cribs so we can catch more fish?, or …the fishing has really gone downhill, let‘s put in some cribs to boost the fish…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
How to Build Fish Cribs for Habitat The approximate cost of a crib is about $10.00 each, and now there is a new way to help purchase cribs for Lake Chippewa Flowage. In the summer of 2002 friends of the flowage will have the opportunity to purchase $10.00 raffle tickets. A drawing will be held in October and the lucky winners will be able to schedule a free …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Mill Creek developer faces fines for harming fish habitat Department of Ecology fined real estate developer David Milne $134,000 in connection with mismanagement of a 40-acre construction site that destroyed salmon and steelhead habitat in Mount Vernon — the third penalty for Milne in just over a year. By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times staff reporter A Mill Cr…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Calif. agencies to sue over sucker fish habitat By: GILLIAN FLACCUS 04/12/11 1:51 PM Associated Press Twelve Southern California water agencies have notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they plan to sue to block expanded sucker fish habitat that could crimp water supplies for people, the agencies said Tuesday. The action was prompted by a ruling,…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
ATVs damaging fish habitat: DFO Last Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010 | 6:10 AM ET CBC News Sharewith Add This Printthis story E-mailthis story Internal Links DFO closes 3 N.B. salmon pools Salmon struggle in warmer Miramichi River Miramichi salmon anglers must release catch Off-road vehicle enthusiasts that are driving their all-terrain vehicles through river…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Columnist | Joe Mosby Volunteer workers improve fish habitat in Lake Hamilton Posted on 05 March 2011 By Joe Mosby The old lament of “why don’t they do something about the fishing in this lake?” is getting an answer in several Arkansas bodies of water. The “they” is a combination of federal agencies, state agencies and — the key ingredient — private citizens…
Read field note →usa · 2011-04-21
The following story was posted in a Northern Wisconsin newspaper. Although not all situations allow trees to be used, pay special attention to the need for shallow water cover to hold fry. Fishiding products are just the answer to this dilema. Take a look and see why the only American made artificial fish habitat, made from reclaimed PVC is the answer to a g…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
The Largest Fish Habitat Restoration Project in America In 1992 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Arizona entered into an ambitious fishery habitat restoration project on Lake Havasu in partnership with 6 state and federal agencies and Anglers United. Natural fish habitat in the lake had deteriorated to the point that sport and bait fish populations were…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Griffith's Lake Fish Habitat Project The Eastern Shore Bassmasters of Delaware, in conjunction with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) have completed a habitat restoration project at Griffith’s Lake in Milford. The club is an affiliated member of the National Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society or B.A.S.S. as it is more…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-21
Fish and Game and Volunteers Restore Fish Habitat Page Last Updated: Wednesday April 20, 2011 10:40pm MDT Idaho Fish and Game Today at the old Cove Dam site Idaho Fish and Game along with dozens of volunteers released around 1000 Bonneville cutthroat trout into the wild as a final step in a project that began years ago. Joselin Matkins Director of Sagebrush …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
PFBC Cooperative Fish Habitat Management Programs for Lakes What You Need to Know The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission ’s Cooperative Lake Habitat Improvement Program has been in existence for over twenty years. With the foundation of the Division of Habitat Management, Lake Habitat Cooperators have more options than in the past. Currently two Commission …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
CHECKLIST OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF ILLINOISIllinois Endangered Species Protection BoardEffective February 22, 2011The Board revises the list of protected species at least once every five years and completed its most recent revisions in 2009. The following list reflects those2009 and subsequent 2010 revisions: This booklet contains a…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Mud to Parks (M2P) The Mud to Parks Program is a unique, one-of-a-kind program taking river mud and returning the soil to the land. It was envisioned by Illinois' natural resource scientists in the late 1990's to address the sedimentation that is choking Illinois' rivers. Removing the sediment that was once Central Illinois topsoil, and reusing it for parks …
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Illinois DNR Hunting Turkey Spring Turkey Hunting Permits Resident 2012 online application will be available in November Paper Permit Application will be available in November Land Owner (Property Only Hunting) Application will be available in November Spring Youth Wild Turkey Hunting Permit Information - 2012 Information will be available in December Youth …
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Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger Hunters are encouraged to donate their entire deer harvest to food banks and charities. Participating meat processors will grind the venison into two-pound packages of burger. Hunters MUST properly field dress the deer before delivering to the meat processor. Any questionable deer will not be accepted by the processor. Road …
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Partnerships Fish Habitat Partnerships Partner profiles Fish Habitat Partnerships Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) was initiated in 2001 to address the myriad issues related to the management of aquatic resources in the southeastern United States, which includes about 26,000 miles of species-rich aqua…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Action Plan News Status of Fish Habitats Report Gives “Fish Eye View” of National Waters Status of Fish Habitats Report Gives “Fish Eye View” of National Waters THURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2011 15:13 The National Fish Habitat Board (www.fishhabitat.org) today released a first-of-its-kind status of fish habitats in the United States report as envisioned in the Nationa…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Gearing Up For A Great Turkey Season Great turkey hunts don’t just happen. They require some planning and preparation. By Tim Lilley His gobble about scared me to death! I sure wasn’t expecting to hear a turkey already very close to the spot I intended to set up — especially after spooking three deer on the way in that headed precisely in his direction just …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Five Keys To More Gobblers It’s making little adjustments that distinguishes successful, veteran turkey hunters. These five pointers will help less experienced hunters bag more birds. By John Higley A turkey has numerous advantages: good eyesight, the ability to fly, familiarity with the terrain, etc. However, a prudent hunter has skills he can employ, too, …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Well folks now that the winter is near over and the ice is off most of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams all we need to do know is wait for the crappie spawn to catch some big slab spring crappie Wrong! Spring crappie fishing right after ice out is the most amazing time of year to catch trophy slabs. The fishing pressure will be light because of the still…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Structure Fishing 202 By Paul Crawford Advanced Structures In our last article, we looked at the basics of structures and what to look for in a structure. This month, let's look at some of the more unusual structures that have proven to outperform the normal ledges and holes. These are candidates to be honey holes, that can produce giant stringers on a consi…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-20
Wild Turkey Hunting in Wisconsin The wild turkey is truly one of Wisconsin’s wildlife management success stories. A key role in the success of the wild turkey management program can be attributed to hunters through their purchase of the Wild Turkey Stamp which provides vital financial support in providing for future opportunities for turkey management and hu…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-19
Structure Fishing 101 By Paul Crawford If there has been any real revolution in fishing over the last 20 years, it's been "structure fishing". Bass fishing as a sport, depended on shallow water "bank beating" since it's inception. Over the last 20 years, it has become fashionable to wander off shore in search of more and bigger fish. Much has been written an…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-18
DAWN OF A NEW SEASON. POND MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT TIMING - BY BOB LUSK Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:27pm Water temps, not dates, the real key Remember Forrest Gump? He was running along a lonely stretch of highway, minding his own business, when he steps in a pile of nature's fertilizer. Forrest looks down, then back at the front guy in the crowd behind him,…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-18
CATCH AND RELEASE OR SELECTIVE HARVEST? - BY DR. RICHARD O ANDERSON Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:33pm Dr. Richard Anderson is a legendary fisheries biologist who helped develop relative weight tables of fish that today’s biologist use religiously. He resides near Houston, Texas. Grandpa told me a long time ago. "If they're big enough to bite, they're big …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-18
Tablerock Lake We made it home safe from the 600 mile drive to Big Cedar Lodge for the Pond Boss convention this past week. Many new friends were made as well as building and improving business relationships. These folks are all about enjoying all aspects of the great outdoors. Allen warren was on hand to talk about the growing concern for our kids, missing …
Read field note →usa · 2011-04-14
The bite is on and the weather is great! This place needs a ton of fishiding artificial fish structure to hold these fish in tighter groups. With all the rock in Tablerock, some artificial fish structures would compliment all the other habitat that has been installed. Bass pro, along with the National fish habitat action plan have installed tons of structure…
Read field note →usa · 2011-04-12
My Book Published Today! It is hard to believe it is really here, but after so much effort, my book “Re-Made in The USA” is launching today! Here it is: http://madeinusaforever.com/reinushowwec.html I have to say that besides my family and founding MadeinUSAForever.com, publishing “Re-Made in The USA” is without a doubt the most important thing I have done. …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-04-04
We're getting ready to drive down to the show on Tablerock lake in Mid April. We will have a display set up at the conference, showing all of the fishiding and structurespot products. Many of the top names in the fisheries, lake and pond management industries will attend the annual Pond Boss Conference in Ridgedale, Mo. on April 14-16th. Bob Lusk, co-founder…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-03-26
Fish need homes just like people do. Some can build their own fish habitat house and some hire a fish habitat builder .Here's a little bit of background on how this idea to create artificial fish habitat has developed, as well as where we see it going in the future. Installing and creating additional fish structure has been going on for many years. We simply…
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