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Arkansas protecting fish habitat

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 and several of its tributaries.

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The Center for Biological Diversity first sought Endangered Species Act protection for the yellowcheek darter back in 2004.

Steve “Wildman” Wilson is the Public Affairs Coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

He said it all boils down to one thing: habitat.

“It’s food, water, shelter, space, air — and not only quantity of it, but you have to have quality of it as well,” Wilson said.

The yellowcheek darter is also threatened by natural gas development, animal feedlot pollution, cattle grazing, clear-cut logging and gravel mining.

“If you look at everything on the endangered species list, it’s there because of habitat destruction or loss of habitat — it has the worst effect on wildlife populations than anything else,” Wilson added.

But with this proposal for critical habitat protection, it will ensure that the species will stick around.Matt Buhrman

No word yet on when or if this proposal will be approved.

Entergy drawing water out of Lake Conroe to improve fish habitat

     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 stabilize sediments and improve water quality; however, while the lake is down, some vegetation and debris can cause nuisance problems.

To assist property owners and other lake users in determining the best means for managing vegetation or debris in the exposed lake bed of Lake Conroe, the SJRA has developed the following guidelines:

VEGETATION

The SJRA encourages businesses, community associations, and other lakefront property owners to not interfere with the growth of grasses and other terrestrial vegetation in the lake bed.

In cases where vegetation is creating a nuisance, lakefront property owners are allowed to mitigate the nuisance in and around their immediate dock area but are encouraged to use the most limited means possible, such as trimming off the tops of tall weeds.

Application of non-restricted use herbicides is only allowed with prior approval of the SJRA and only in areas that are completely above the influence of the waterline and immediately surrounding a property owner’s dock.

Widespread mowing of lake bed areas (i.e. not directly in front of a landowner’s tract) is not allowed unless specifically authorized by the SJRA.

DEBRIS

The SJRA encourages individuals to leave non-hazardous, inert debris in place in the lake bed to provide fish habitat. This can include items such as tires, concrete blocks, submerged logs, and other bulky items.

Non-hazardous, inert debris that has become exposed due to falling lake levels can be moved into deeper water provided it can be done so safely and to a location that will not create a hazard to navigation.

Trash and other non-desirable debris can be collected and placed in the SJRA’s lake debris Dumpster located at the west end of the Lake Conroe dam. This may include bottles, cans, and other trash.

No hazardous materials may be placed in the SJRA lake debris dumpster. Items such as paints, pesticides, electronics, batteries, used oil and filters, antifreeze, and other hazardous materials should be disposed of properly at an authorized facility.

Recently, residents in Montgomery County clamored for a second water source to complement Lake Conroe. And one exists, but the purpose of the Lewis Creek Reservoir is decidedly different.

Constructed in 1967, the Lewis reservoir wasn’t built to serve as a surface water storehouse. Nor was it designed to attract boating enthusiasts. In fact, the reservoir covers only 1.38 square miles of land between FM 1097 and Longstreet Road, west of Willis.

Instead, the reservoir’s role is to meet the electrical needs of Entergy Texas’ approximate 270,000 customers in the Montgomery. That is why when it comes to water, the Lewis Creek Reservoir takes precedent over its bigger brother, said Entergy spokeswoman Jill Smith.

The reservoir has a capacity of 16,400 acre feet of water – well below the 300,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Conroe. But the drought of 2011 has Entergy pumping water out of Lake Conroe and into Lewis Creek Reservoir.

The Beaumont-based utility company needs the extra water to make certain Entergy Texas can operate its two natural gas-fueled turbines.

“We have to maintain a level of operating capability,” Smith said.

Entergy Texas isn’t the only group shipping water out of Lake Conroe. Since mid-June, the SJRA has released 150 million gallons of water daily into Lake Houston. The release is part of an agreement between the SJRA and the city of Houston.

Entergy pays the San Jacinto River Authority 20 cents for each 1,000 gallons it uses to drive the turbines. Twenty-nine cents is SJRA’s standard raw water rate – effluent water is used by a number of golf courses – but Entergy gets a price break for treating its own wastewater, SJRA Deputy General Manager Jace Houston said.

“What Entergy is doing – pumping that wastewater – is pretty common,” he said “They don’t do this every day unless it’s needed.”

Entergy is restricted by contract to pump no more than seven million gallons into the Lewis Creek Reservoir each day. The withdrawal from Lake Conroe is “insignificant,” said Blake Kellum, SJRA Lake Conroe Division manager. Howard Roden

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Money to restore Great Lakes fish habitat still flows

 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, Continue reading “Money to restore Great Lakes fish habitat still flows”

Watershed and fish habitat are focus of local tour

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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 working together to improve watershed health in Oak Grove, Jennings Lodge and Gladstone.

The council’s mission is to advocate for the protection and enhancement of the watersheds’ fish and wildlife habitat and improve water quality through partnership with public and private entities, habitat restoration projects, community education and outreach and strategic planning.

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Integrated habitat

Oak Grove resident Eleanore Hunter, current chair of the Oak Lodge Community Council, told the group that the whole idea of citizens and organizations cooperating with one another is to create an “integrated habitat” for humans, animal, fish and the environment.

It’s all about “connectivity” and an “incredibly supportive community,” she added.

Restoring watershed health will ultimately result in “the ability to introduce fish [in streams] along River Road,” said Chips Janger, one of the founders of Clackamas County Urban Green, an organization dedicated to supporting tree conservation in the county.

“People who are really interested are joining together and we have a lot of power,” he added.

The tour began at Meldrum Bar State Park in Gladstone and stopped at four key locations in the River Forest, Boardman and Rinearson Creek watersheds; these watersheds all flow off Oatfield Ridge and feed into the Willamette River.

As the tour progressed, neighborhood and agency experts discussed habitat, hydrology and water quality and shared their plans to improve watershed conditions for people, fish and wildlife.

Brett Arvidson, the manager of planning and engineering for the Oak Lodge Sanitary District, talked to the group about the recent Metro Nature in the Neighborhood grant for a fish habitat restoration project in the Boardman Creek and Walta Vista area in Jennings Lodge.

The $485,000 grant will replace two culverts near the mouth of Boardman Creek with bridges, allowing fish to return to more than a mile of the creek. He said it is important to note that the grant marks a partnership among the North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, Oak Lodge Community Council, Jennings Lodge Citizen Participation Organization, Clackamas County Urban Green and North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District.

The total cost of the project will be around $1.7 million and take between three to four years to finish, Arvidson said, because it will involve “a complicated piece of engineering.”

Watershed education

People live all around the creek, where construction will take place, so educating homeowners about watershed health is key, added Tonia Burns, natural resources coordinator for the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District.

Residents need to be aware of the natural processes that occur in a creek and be careful about what they plant, Arvidson noted, adding, “We want to encourage shade along the creeks,” to provide the best fish habitat.

In the past, the streams were treated poorly, when they were covered up or directed into culverts, leaving fish with no place to go, noted William Wild, president of the Oak Lodge Sanitary District.

“If we can open up the Walta Vista area, we can open up a big piece of the puzzle. We have the greatest partnership with North Clackamas Parks and Recreation. We’ve been involved with them at all the parks and the Trolley Trail,” he added.

Burns echoed that statement, saying, “This new relationship with Oak Lodge is a huge asset to the parks department. There are wetlands begging to be enhanced and we can solidify partnerships and see what we can do.”

At the stop on Glen Echo Avenue, Susan Shawn pointed out that visitors could get a look at the tail end of a wetland that goes back to the East Side Athletic Club.

Although the area is overgrown right now, Shawn, a board member of the North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council and a founding member of Clackamas County Urban Green, asked the group to picture “boardwalks all the way back to the Trolley Trail.”

The tour brought together residents, watershed advocates and water quality experts, who all have a different take on what needs to be done to improve watershed health, Shawn pointed out.

Arvidson added, “But we all have to work together” to make it happen.

For more information about North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council, visit www.ncuwc.org.

The following are Metro Nature in Neighborhood grants for Clackamas County:

Boardman Creek fish habitat restoration project

Recipient: Oak Lodge Sanitary District and Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development.

Partners: North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, Oak Lodge Community Council, Jennings Lodge Citizen Participation Organization, Clackamas County Urban Green and North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District.

Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $485,000. Total project cost: $1,667,000. Location: S.E. River Road and S.E. Walta Vista Court, Jennings Lodge.

Boardman Creek is slowly being transformed from an overgrown urban ditch to a refuge for fish and wildlife. This grant will support the keystone to the restoration of this basin – replacing two culverts near the creek mouth with bridges and allowing fish to return to more than a mile of the creek between the park and the Willamette River.

This transformation will restore instream habitat along 300 feet of the creek and demonstrate how bridges can also create a “wildlife crossing” for amphibians and land animals.

Klein Point overlook and habitat enhancement

Recipient: Johnson Creek Watershed Council and the city of Milwaukie. Partners: Willamette Riverkeepers, Milwaukie Rotary, Oregon Dental Services (ODS), Gary and Sharon Klein, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, PGE Salmon Fund, FishAmerica Foundation and the city of Portland.

Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $225,000. Total project cost: $670,399. Location: 1900 S.E. Jefferson St., Milwaukie.

This grant will initiate the first phase of a master plan for Riverfront Park, constructing an interpretive overlook and a new trail tracing the river bluff. Visitors will be able to stand in the shade of a magnificent old Oregon white oak. Below, they might see salmon and trout making their way into the mouth of Johnson Creek, where six acres of restored riparian habitat will provide refuge to help threatened fish species thrive.

Mount Scott Creek restoration at North Clackamas Park

Recipient: Clackamas Water Environmental Services.Partners: City of Milwaukie, North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District, Friends of Trees, North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, Friends of Kellogg and Mt. Scott Creeks and Friends of North Clackamas Park.

Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant: $150,034. Total project cost: $450,222. Location: 5440 S.E. Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie.

Restoring lower Mount Scott Creek at North Clackamas Park will balance the needs of people and fish, creating a model for improving habitat at popular recreation destinations. Located in a densely developed urban area, Mt. Scott Creek is a priority for restoration because of the salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout there.

This project will restore the stream bank and its riparian areas and remove a small culvert at the confluence of Camas Creek. It will also redesign access to the creek, installing two new visitor overlooks to reduce the heavy foot traffic that has trampled plants and habitat.

Rinearson Creek Feasibility Study

Recipient: SOLV (Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism). Partners: Willamette Riverkeeper, Wilderness International, North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council, city of Gladstone, Rinearson Homeowners Association, Robinwood Riverie Homeowners Association, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

Nature in Neighborhoods restoration and enhancement grant: $10,000. Location: Rinearson Creek, Gladstone.

SOLV and its partners are exploring long-term restoration opportunities in the lower Rinearson Creek watershed. An independent scientific assessment will narrow down five alternatives, which include restoring a pond area and removing a dam, and will help the Rinearson Coalition pick one approach to move forward.

Meanwhile, SOLV will restore the upper watershed near Rinearson Creek, engaging volunteers through community planting days. Students will help monitor water quality, wildlife and vegetation.

Site Restoration at the John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center

Recipient: Clackamas Community College. Partners: Greater Oregon City Watershed Council, Clackamas County Office of Sustainability, city of Oregon City and Oregon State University Extension for Clackamas County.

Nature in Neighborhoods restoration and enhancement grant: $10,000. Location: 19600 Molalla Ave., Oregon City.

Clackamas Community College will redevelop a five-acre environmental learning center. The project had been abandoned several years ago due to budget cuts. This planning project will lay the groundwork for a regional outdoor learning laboratory, demonstration site and natural area that showcases innovations in stormwater management, landscape design and sustainable living practices. Ultimately, the learning center will improve water quality in the Newell Creek watershed and create a network of partners committed to protecting its health.BY ELLEN SPITALERI

$2M in Lake Michigan projects for Fish Habitat viewed as job growth

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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

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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative action plan, developed by the EPA with 15 other federal agencies in 2010, calls for aggressive efforts to address five priorities:

Clean up toxics and areas of concern

Combat invasive species

Promote near-shore health by protecting watersheds from polluted run-off

Restore wetlands and other habitats

Track progress, education and work with strategic partners

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GARY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced a $1 million grant from its Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to the Regional Development Authority for a job-creating dredging project of the Marquette Park lagoon.

The EPA also awarded $994,350 to the U.S. Geological Survey to expand fish and bird monitoring along the Great Lakes’ beaches to fight botulism and other contaminants damaging wildlife. About 20 percent of that money, and 20 jobs, will come to Gary next year.

Just a few yards away from the Lake Michigan’s southern shore, in a serene part of the massive park, dignitaries gathered beneath shade trees to hear of the awards and what they will mean for the area.

Meanwhile, workers with heavy machinery continued the $28 million, RDA-funded facelift of the park nearby, including the popular Marquette Park Pavilion.

The grant to the RDA will go toward dredging the lagoon and using the soil to firm up the lagoon’s shoreline, said Cameron Davis, EPA senior adviser on the Great Lakes. Erosion and other natural forces have pounded the lagoon.

“It’s an area of concern that needs most of our help,” Davis said, adding the project will improve fish and wildlife habitats around the lagoon.

To get the money the RDA and its contractor, Ohio-based Los Alamos Technical Associates, had to agree to hire up to 20 unemployed residents to do the work. The work will include dredging soil from the bottom of the lagoon to expand the fish habitat and relocating that soil to the shoreline and other areas.

The U.S. Geological Survey also had to agree to hire 20 local employees to land its share of the federal money. The work will include collecting different animal species, including carcasses, to determine if botulism was the cause of the deaths.

“This $1 million is our tax dollars being put to good use,” said U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville. “This is an example of how our tax money can be wisely spent and put to use to put citizens to work.”

Christopher Meyers, Gary’s planning director, said the city would work closely with Los Alamos to ensure the company hires locally.

“There is the great environmental benefit, but, ultimately, it’s about creating jobs and helping the local economy,” Meyers said.Michael Gonzalez

Fish and wildlife habitat in White Lake

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 Continue reading “Fish and wildlife habitat in White Lake”

Artificial reef adds fish habitat near Port Mansfield

Contractors in Port Mansfield have enlarged an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico.

The “Habitat for Today for Fish Tomorrow” project is a joint effort by the Coastal Conservation Association and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. More than 4,000 concrete culvert pipes augmented previously submerged concrete box culverts and an old boat that was sunk in 2010.

The goal was to create a sea floor with nooks and crannies that attract fish. The man-made reef, less than 8 miles from the jetties at the land cut on South Padre Island, now provides more than five times its previous habitat for structure-loving fish such as red snapper—good news for sport fishing enthusiasts and the guides in the area.

“CCA Texas contributed $50,000 toward the total cost of about $537,000 to expand the existing reef, which already had an old tug boat and about 800 culverts,” CCA’s John Blaha said. “We can’t give enough credit to our partners at TPWD and Alamo Concrete Products.”

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Fish Habitat Restoration along Walnut Creek in Erie, PA

 
Northeast Region, September 30, 2011
Log vanes along left bank to reduce bank erosion and promote substrate deposition along Walnut Creek.

Log vanes along left bank to reduce bank erosion and promote substrate deposition along Walnut Creek. – Photo Credit: Raymond Li, USFWS

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The Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office partnered with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to restore 700 linear feet of stream channel along Walnut Creek, a tributary to Lake Erie. The project site is located within Cassidy Park, parkland owned and maintained by Millcreek Township, PA. Walnut Creek is an urban watershed characterized by increased stormwater runoff and channel erosion; both has degraded the stream to bedrock and eliminated substrate important to maintain stream habitat function.

Eleven log vanes were installed to decrease bank erosion, promote substrate deposition, and reduce width:depth ratios to restore coldwater stream habitat for native and recreational fisheries. Other project partners were Millcreek Township and the Pennsylvania Steelhead Association; project funding was provided by the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership.

Employee suspected in fish kill at pet store

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An employee of a local pet store is believed to have poured a cleaning solution into a receiving tank, killing about 100 fish, police said.

The employee was scheduled to work at the PetSmart in the 10000 block of Lima Road about 3:30 p.m. Friday but arrived about 3:45 p.m. and did not clock in, according to a Fort Wayne police report.

Other employees saw the man go into the receiving room for the fish tanks before he bought a couple of items and left the store, the report said.

A store manager told police she later noticed a large number of fish in the tanks were dying.

The manager then noticed the water in the receiving tank was bubbly and found a cup nearby with a small amount of cleaning solution in the bottom, the report said.

The manager told police she thought the man poured the cleaning solution in the receiving tank to kill all the fish.

Quick work by employees who moved fish into other tanks allowed some fish to be saved, according to Michelle Friedman, PetSmart spokeswoman.

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“We have confirmed what appears to be an intentional act of harm to our fish habitat,” Friedman said, adding that the company is working with police and declined to disclose the value of the fish killed.

Boat Docks: Man-made Fish Attractors

Boat docks and old piers situated relatively close to deep water are very appealing to largemouths, particularly on reservoirs where aquatic vegetation is sparse.

Aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla, milfoil and coontail will year-in and year-out produce big stringers of bass on lakes across the United States. But by no means is that to say “grass” is the only thing that’ll hold viable concentrations of largemouths.

Shoreline structures will harbor good numbers of fish, too. This holds especially true on reservoirs that don’t have much aquatic vegetation, which in Texas includes many of our older, silted-in impoundments as well as those reservoirs geographically situated in areas that are not conducive vegetation growth.

Some of the more obvious forms of shoreline structure are boat houses, piers and docks. And truth be known, they are also some of the best.

Try as you may to find fish on other forms of structure like creeks, rivers, points and humps. If boat docks are available in substantial number on a lake where vegetation is sparse, that’s invariably where most of the bass are going to be caught and, where many of the tournaments are going to be won.

Now don’t be mislead, here. Not all docks are going to hold concentrations of bass. Some are naturally better than others, be it due to location, construction, size, age or a combination of the four.

Where a dock is located on a reservoir can a make a big difference in whether it will hold bass or not. It has been been my experience that structures built in the backs of creeks on top of shallow flats are the most reliable during the spring months. This this true mainly because they provide the fish some security for spawning.

Once spring gives way to summer, however, shallow docks lose some of their magic. Bass like to hang out close to deep water during the summer months, thus explaining why docks built in the mouths of creeks on mainlake and secondary points are usually the most productive. The ideal dock could be one situated in 8-10 feet of water along the edge of deep creek channel.

Another element to consider about boat docks is the manner in which they are assembled.

We do a lot of fishing around docks on Midwest impoundments during the summer months, and those “stationary” docks built on buried pilings are almost always more productive than those that float. The reason is that the pilings provide the fish with obstacles to relate to or hold against, which in turn means more targets to chunk at.

The size of an individual dock doesn’t make much difference when is comes to attracting bass, but it can sure have some influence on how many fish will be present.

As a rule, larger docks with several stalls will harbor more bass than one-boat units. Obviously, these types of docks will have more pilings beneath the surface for the bass to relate to, which means more good places to put a lure. Plus, the larger docks naturally provide the fish with more shade.

The age of the dock can also be critical. It has been my experience that older, more weathered docks tend to hold more bass than do new ones. These tend to have more algae growing on the framework, which in turn attracts bait fish. Older docks also are apt to have more brushpiles submerged around them. Dock owners often sink brushpiles to attract concentrations of crappie, but they act as bass hotels as well.

Some other telltale signs of a productive dock are lights, chairs and maybe a rod holder or two. These are all good indicators that someone fishes off the dock with regularity, which means there is more than likely going to be plenty of submerged brush in the area.

When I’m practicing for a tournament on an unfamiliar reservoir that has a good number of boat docks, I usually don’t spend near as much time looking for bass around docks as I do looking for brush. Find the brush and the bass will be there, sooner or later.

Depthfinders and LCR units definitely come in handy for locating structure. But when it comes to turning up brushpiles around boat docks, they aren’t of much use to me.

Probably the single-most effective technique I’ve found for finding brush around docks is the Carolina-rig. Not only does it allow me to probe an area thoroughly, but it enables me to do it quickly.

Once I locate some brush, then I’ll switch to a Texas-rigged plastic worm or Stanley jig/craw combo. My preferred worm in this case is a red shad, junebug or black/redflake Zoom Dead Ringer plastic worm or maybe a four-inch Big Critter Craw. A deep or medium-diving crankbait like the Norman Deep Little N is another option around docks. 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.

In summary, boat docks are man-made fish attractors. However, not all of them are going to hold bass consistently during the course of the year. The best summer docks are typically located adjacent to deeper, cooler water and they’ll have an abundance of brush submerged around them.

Find these docks and fish them correctly and you’ll invariably catch more bass, especially on reservoirs where they are available in abundance and grass is relatively scarce.

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