Federally funded shoreline restoration projects are moving forward in the Blue Water Area.
About $3.68 million in grants from Continue reading “St. Clair River fish habitat projects begin”
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 Continue reading “NOAA Receives $4.8 Million to Restore Habitat in Great Lakes Area of Concern”
Division’s work aims to help shore anglers
This past week, the Ohio Division of Wildlife placed fish attractors in a popular shore fishing spot atMosquito Reservoir (Trumbull County). “From ice out to ice up, there’s always someone fishing along that stretch of shoreline. We hope our work will improve the fishing along there,” said Matt Wolfe, Fisheries Biologist, who oversees this project for the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Plastic spools weighed down with stone were placed near the rip-rap break wall outside of the State Park Boat launch on the south side of the lake. Spools were placed along the outside and inside edges of both the Northern and Southern sections of the break wall. In total, 50 spools were placed in anywhere from seven to 14-feet of water. More importantly though, “the spools were placed within easy casting distance for anglers who fish this area,” added Wolfe.
The US Army Corps of Engineers will host National Public Lands Day events at various lakes throughout the Pittsburgh District. In 2010, more than 500 volunteers came to 15 of 16 Pittsburgh District recreation projects and provided 2,179 hours of work valued at nearly $47,000. National Public Lands Day keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the “tree army” that worked from 1933-1942 to preserve and protect America’s natural heritage.
A local event at Mahoning Creek Lake will be held Sept. 24. This year the goal is to accomplish the building and placement of some fish habitat spawning boxes in the lake. If time permits, shore line clean-up will be done. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Milton Loop Campground pavilion, on Route 839, two miles north of Dayton.
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The project will be to build wooden spawn boxes and then taking them by boat to place them in the lake. Event will take place rain or shine. Questions may be directed to Park Ranger Grover Pegg 412-719-9227.
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This funding will aid in the understanding, enhancement and protection of fish, wildlife, and plant species. This will be done through projects, data sharing, conducting studies, and through education and information dessimination.BY MICHAEL SAUNDERS
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COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE – The White Salmon River is in for somewhat of an overhaul.
When the Condit Dam is dismantled, Continue reading “Derelict boats burying prime fish habitat.”
Like ostriches with their heads in the sand, tall redwood trees have burrowed into the creek’s north bank, leaving their bushy root balls sticking out in the stream bed.
Never have Napa redwood trees behaved so strangely Continue reading “Reclaiming trees for fish habitat”
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is coordinating a federal, state and local effort to develop 1,500 feet of fish shelf in the lower two miles of the river, an area best known for its hard-armored and sheet-piled riverbanks. The project will provide northern pike, muskellunge and other native fish species a shallow water habitat necessary for foraging and spawning. “We are nearly tripling the Continue reading “Fish Habitat Project Starts on the Ashtabula River”
