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 determining their health Continue reading “Scientists Monitor Caney Fork Fish Habitat”
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.
The grants are funded by the Oregon Governor’s Fund for the Environment Continue reading “Oregon Governor’s Fund Awards More Than $480,000 For 2012 Restoration Projects”
They’d tell of how it used to burst its banks and flood half the town and how salmon used to go tearing upstream Continue reading “River Maine is getting a makeover under The Environmental River Enhancement Programme”
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.
Wisconsin’s official state dog is the water spaniel – a great choice for a lake laden land.
If Minnesota was to choose one, the Labrador retriever would be a good candidate.
It’s hard to keep the water loving pooches out of the H20.
The Duluth Retriever Club’s members can vouch for that.
“We’re dedicated to training dogs; hunting dogs and field trial dogs and hunt test dogs.”
The club’s labs took center stage on Saturday as part of the Izaak Walton League’s semi-annual Youth Outdoor Expo.
The expo gets kids off the couch and away from the keyboard for real world experiences.
“That’s what the Izaak Walton League is all about; getting kids outdoors and into outdoor sports.”
Walton was a 17th century English author and fisherman.
The league named after him was founded in Chicago in 1922 to preserve fish habitat.
Now, all environmental issues concern them.
This expo will teach the kids about hunting ethics and conservation by letting them handle dogs themselves in single mark water retrieves.
“The dog has to sit, be steady; it can’t leave until you instruct the dog to leave.”
Nearly a hundred kids took turns handling the dogs.
Montessori School teacher Sarah Pelto brought some of her relatives to the session.
She feels kids need lessons in and out of the classroom.
“It’s important they have a broad base of experience so they can have a good foundation for learning and growing and knowing about options in life.”
The Twin Ports chapter of the Izaak Walton League is already planning their next Youth Outdoor Expo.
It will be this spring at Hartley Nature Center and will focus on topics related to fishing.
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| Smith Mountain Lake State Park ranger, John Mitchell, above, inspects the first trailer load of fish habitat blocks to leave the park’s public boat landing Wednesday for their permanent locations at the 15-foot deep level of the Lake. Constructed of polyethylene piping, cinder blocks and concrete, the habitats resemble submerged tree limbs to fish, providing cover from predators, as well as places to rest and raise young. Youth Conservation Corps members, who left the park Saturday for home, constructed the habitats, some 150 of which were distributed in the Lake last week. |
One hundred and fifty handmadefish habitats-looking very much like an army of extraterrestrials having a wild hair day–marched in stiff formation down a pier early Wednesday at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, tentacles of black polyethylene pipe crowning their heads and concrete-filled cinder blocks acting as footing.
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Eight Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) high school crew members, three college-age YYC supervisors and John Mitchell, a ranger at the park, worked in tandem, transferring the soon-to-be-sunken assemblages from a flatbed trailer to the dock, then onto boats for distribution in the Lake. Their loads in place, boats piloted by rangers and filled with teens andfish houses sluiced through the water to various destinations, among them Smith Mountain Lake Community Park, across the main channel and within sight of the launching point at the State Park’s public boat ramp, docks at the park’s Discovery Center and beach, and possibly by some of the park’s lakefront housekeeping cabins if the crew didn’t run out.
Arriving at the park on July 25, the all-female YYC crew also constructed eight picnic pads.
“They dug out the sites level, fitted them with 4′ x 6′ timbers, then filled them with stone,” said Mitchell.
It took the crew almost two days to make the fish habitats in a design and with materials recommended by the Virginia Dept. and Game and Inland Fisheries.
“The girls have done a great job,” said Brian Heft, Smith Mountain Lake State Park manager. “This is something we’ve done for years to support fish structure in the Lake. Fish need assistance to hide from predators, rear their young, and rest. Docks are not necessarily fish structure. Structures come up from the bottom of the Lake. This is an ongoing process. We plan on continuing it.” REBECCA JACKSON
Jesse BertramA 25-year-old Calgary electrician has become the first person to be charged under the Fisheries Act in Alberta for driving in a sensitive fish habitat in Waiparous.
But according to Jesse Bertram, who now faces a $2,000 fine, he was just trying to get his 1987 Dodge pickup across Waiparous Creek Continue reading “Busted for destruction of fish habitat”
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 toss our trash in the can or roll-off at work, or maybe that roof we recently had to replace got tossed in a dumpster. Off to a landfill right? What about that old siding, doors, concrete, and windows we threw out? Or the old office building that got torn down, doesn’t that go to the dump anymore? Continue reading “K.Hoving Companies Going Green for Fish Habitat”
