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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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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…
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bass habitat 2 · 2014-03-24
Tournament competitors dropped Fishiding "Safehouses" to improve habitat at Strom Thurmond Reservoir. Activist Angler note : Teaming with Fishiding, PotashCorp introduced a conservation component to its benefit tournament last year and plans to include it again this year. I hope that other tournament organizers will take note and follow the leader because th…
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habitat education · 2014-02-18
Last fall at the Wild Rose State Fish Hatchery in Wild Rose, Wi, State WDNR Biologists, Supervisors and staff, eagerly awaited the start of a new pilot study, incorporating artificial habitat in rearing ponds with musky, walleye and other species. Multiple offices within the WDNR, jockeyed for position to decide just what to study first. WDNR Biologists and …
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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 · 2013-06-12
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 →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 →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…
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bass habitat 2 · 2013-03-12
Our first Webinar for 2013, BioHaven ® Floating Island Technology Overview & Update , will be Friday, March 15 at 11am EST . This is a FREE Webinar . This session will provide an updated, general technology overview, and will include: BioHaven ® Floating Islands technology (Floating Treatment Wetlands) Leviathan - adding circulation to increase results BioCo…
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 →natural habitat projects · 2013-02-08
Dozens of unique habitat models at fishiding.com Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California and the Gold Ridge and Sotoyome Resource Conservation Districts have teamed up with a number of local government agencies, nonprofit groups, agribusinesses and landowners to improve fish habitat in five northern California watersheds. The goal is to i…
Read field note →b a s s federation nation · 2013-01-30
By Jeff Frantz | jfrantz@pennlive.com on January 29, 2013 at 6:40 PM, updated January 29, 2013 at 8:40 PM When last we left them, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Fish and Boat Commission were publicly sparring over the definition of "impaired." Some things just don't change. It seems the two state agencies are still playing in the kiddie r…
Read field note →habitat education · 2013-01-29
Endangered species status, habitat proposed for fish in Arizona, New Mexico WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday proposed listing a small freshwater fish as an endangered species and setting aside almost 300 miles of Arizona and New Mexico streams as critical habitat for the fish. No one is sure how many Zuni bluehead suckers are left, b…
Read field note →bass habitat 2 · 2013-01-29
Sardis, Miss….. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District (Corps) will host the annual Sardis Lake Fish Habitat Day, Saturday, 9 February 2013. Volunteers will assist Corps biologists and rangers in the creation of new fish habitats using stake beds and donated Christmas trees. As reservoirs age, flooded timber and brush deteriorate, leaving aquati…
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 →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…
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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 →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 →brackish water habitat · 2012-08-29
DENR Fears Man Made Structures Killing Fish Habitat BILL HITCHCOCK AUGUST 27, 2012 The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) is trying to find out if estuarine piers, docks, bridges and bulkheads are depleting the fishery habitat . For over two years now NCDENR has been mapping North Carolina’s 12,000 miles of estuarine shor…
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 →habitat education · 2012-05-23
Part of the Muskegon Lake shoreline where debris is being removed and stabilized with native vegetation to restore coastal habitat . In Muskegon, Michigan we are restoring wetlands and stabilizing shorelines at 10 separate locations. The effort is helping Muskegon Lake, the Muskegon River and Lake Michigan recover from impairments to wetlands and the loss of…
Read field note →habitat education · 2012-05-10
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. Conservation groups, lake associations and local governments can help improve fish habitat and water quality through a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) grants program. Read more fis…
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 · 2012-01-28
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 · 2012-01-25
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 · 2012-01-24
" 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 · 2012-01-04
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 →salmon habitat 2 · 2011-12-29
Paul Chinn / The Chronicle A flock of birds flies over the Yolo Bypass near Woodland, where conservationists hope to restore ancient floodplains. IMAGES View All Images (5) Woodland, Yolo County Five acres of mud and rice stubble doesn't look much like fish habitat , but the rectangular patch of summertime cropland is in the process of being converted to a t…
Read field note →fishing · 2011-12-29
Willamette River OR Conservation Easement Paves Way For Long-Term Fish & Wildlife Conservation Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Corvallis, Ore. - -(Ammoland.com)- Greenbelt Land Trust announced today the acquisition of conservation easements on more than 300 acres of Willamette River frontage property in Benton County that will benefit a number of spec…
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
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
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 · 2011-11-27
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
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 →habitat education · 2011-11-27
Efforts to persuade TVA to fund fish hatcheries that produce rainbow trout now depend on legislative lobbying. 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 →statefed projects · 2011-11-15
During its October 2011 Meeting, the National Fish Habitat Board endorsed an enhancement to its communications and messaging to reflect the importance it places on the partnerships that drive its efforts. From now on messaging and communications will focus on the National Fish Habitat Partnership, increasing emphasis on the coalition of groups working to rev…
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 →habitat education · 2011-11-08
Game Fish Bundles The new game fish habitat bundles the Shafer and Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corp. (SFLECC) is placing in the lakes will provide shelter for bass, wall-eyed pike, and other game fish. SFLECC executive director Daryl Johns is shown lowering a bundle into Lake Freeman. The bundles are made from tree branches and weighted with anc…
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 →habitat education · 2011-10-16
Fish habitat in 4 Arkansas counties HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that 224 river miles, including 98 in Arkansas, be protected as a critical habitat for five endangered species of fish. But only one of those species dwells in Arkansas: The "yellowcheek darter," a bottom-dwelling fish found in the Little Red River …
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 →habitat education · 2011-10-13
Manistee River, MI - 10 Waters to Watch Update Manistee River, MI (Great Lakes Basin FHP) Purpose of the project The Conservation Resource Alliance will coordinate the replacement of a degraded road crossing with a timber bridge and the complete restoration of the Flowing Wells Trout Farm for fish passage and habitat improvement. Implementing this project wi…
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 →fish attractor projects · 2011-09-21
NOAA announced today that it has awarded nearly $5 million to eight projects to support habitat restoration throughout the Great Lakes Areas of Concern. NOAA’s Restoration Center is funding three shovel-ready projects and five engineering and design projects. This allows NOAA to support both current efforts to restore the Great Lakes as well as future projec…
Read field note →fish attractor projects · 2011-09-21
Sinking Spools for Shoreline Succes Division’s work aims to help shore anglers CORTLAND, OH- Northeast Ohio has some excellent fishing available to anglers, but some of the better fishing lakes are sometimes the larger lakes. For anglers without a boat, this presents a problem since some of the best fishing spots are not accessible or are heavily pressured. …
Read field note →habitat education · 2011-09-21
The Bureau of Land Management, within the Department of the Interior, has announced funding of $750,000 to support the Wyoming Game and Fish Habitat Improvement Project. 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 habita…
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 →habitat education · 2011-09-09
COLUMBUS, Ohio Restoration of Ashtabula River "Area of Concern" is entering a new phase as work begins on a major fish habitat improvement project along the banks of the slip. The work is made possible through a $1.5 million grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish co…
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 →habitat education · 2011-09-07
Press Release from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN, Sept. 1, 2011: A group of fisheries scientists from Tennessee Tech University are busy monitoring the health of the Caney Fork River by pumping electricity into the water. Though water and electricity are not usually a good mix, the combination is one of the best methods for collecting fish and …
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 →habitat education · 2011-08-29
Montgomery County's Pandapas Pond to be closed temporarily next month By Mary Hardbarger | The Roanoke Times Montgomery County's Pandapas Pond is scheduled to be temporarily closed to the public for two weeks next month as workers plan dredging to enhance fish habitat and fishing opportunities. The Forest Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled t…
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…
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 →habitat photos · 2011-08-16
Ravalli County projects to receive $214,000 Posted: Aug 15, 2011 4:09 PM by Mark Holyoak (KPAX News) Updated: Aug 15, 2011 6:40 PM Hamilton- The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) approved 11 projects which will receive more than $214,000 in funding for 2012. All of the projects will benefit National Forest System lands and ecosystems in Ravall…
Read field note →campinghikingboating · 2011-08-13
Official outlines budget for Lake Mitchell The city of Mitchell will continue to invest in projects in and around Lake Mitchell in 2012.The city of Mitchell will continue to invest in projects in and around Lake Mitchell in 2012. Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department Director Dusty Rodiek outlined approximately $80,000 in lake projects Tuesday during a m…
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 · 2011-08-10
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…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-10
| 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 …
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-10
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…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-10
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…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-09
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…
Read field note →conservation · 2011-08-09
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
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 →statefed projects · 2011-08-06
Dutch Fork to be refilled starting next fall Tuesday, August 2, 2011 The project Details about repairing Dutch Fork Lake, hold on to your hat . History: Dutch Fork Lake a 91 acre impoundment 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 …
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…
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