Conservation
Millions of people will visit national, state, and local parks this year. Our parks offer us tremendous opportunities for recreation such as bird watching, hiking, wildlife observation, rock climbing, and, of course, fishing. With so many activities drawing so many people, our parks receive tremendous pressure. If you visit a park, remember to follow and stay on the designated trails.
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According to renowned chef Philippe Parola, Louisiana Redfish, prior to 1980, was not especially popular. That changed when Chef Paul Prudhomme developed a recipe for “blackened redfish.” The popularity of the dish ended up causing redfish to be fished almost to extinction. Fortunately, the Redfish population is on the mend. The story though, inspired Parola. Why not remove Asian Carp by...
Trout Unlimited's "Trout in the Classroom" program has taught thousands of students across the country a valuable lesson in biology as they watch young trout grow.
A Schroon Lake school district science class is taking the program to the next level, to try to teach kids about the next stage of trout development.
Students in Schroon Lake's 7th through 12th grade...
By: Steve Osterman, www.performanceguideservice.com
The Paiute cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris)is one of the rarest and most beautiful indigenous western species of trout. These fish have an incredible and extremely interesting history.
It’s believed that around 7,000 years ago a...
(Cedar City, UT) - The Dixie National Forest has approved expanding the native Colorado River cutthroat trout range to include the East Fork Boulder Creek of the Escalante River system.
The decision authorizes issuance of a pesticide use permit to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to treat the Dixie National Forest portions of...
Maine Audubon is seeking new volunteers to explore remote ponds with their rods and reels before the end of this year’s fishing season on Sept. 30. Along with partners Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the organization is seeking volunteer anglers willing to survey a total of 187 remote ponds for previously-undocumented populations of wild brook trout...
Author: Margaret Speirs - Terrace Standard
Read More: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/terracestandard/community/128127493....
It was a wild time at Williams Creek as several people from many different organizations descended on the waters to catch sockeye salmon...
LARGE CEMENT blocks have been airlifted by helicopter and placed in a northwestern river to help returning salmon reach their spawning beds. The blocks are meant to raise a pool just below a waterfall created by a rock slide in the Kwinageese River, a tributary of the Nass River.
Salmon haven’t been able to jump the falls, approximately three metres high, nor have...
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Building on past successes, Trout Unlimited's West Denver Chapter is about to begin restoration of about three-quarters of a mile of Clear Creek, northwest of Golden.
...The hardest hit state in the BP oil spill disaster, Louisiana, is expected to receive the major portion of $1 billion in early restoration funds agreed upon in April by BP and the departments of Interior and Commerce.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has now released the states plan to begin restoration of the coastal areas and fisheries.
Projects to be submitted...
A combination of policy reform, advocacy and industry leadership has transformed the fishing industry in the Netherlands – but will it catch on?
It was – if the metaphor can be given a positive spin – the perfect storm. Four years ago, much of the Dutch fishing industry was...
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas has banned commercial fishing of sharks, awarding protection to the more than 40 species circling the island chain that touts itself as the shark diving capital of the world.
Activists cheered the new law approved Tuesday. They had demanded more protection for sharks after a local seafood company announced last year that it planned to export shark meat and...
CONSERVATION — Here's a tip o' the hat to a volunteer crew of 14 members of the Spokane Fly Fishers who idled their fishing rods Saturday.
Instead, they took up shovels to boost the future of fish in a northeastern Washington trout stream.
The club's conservation committee, headed by Mike Keegan, worked with Colville National Forest fisheries biologist Karen...
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