Following the discovery of a Bighead Asian Carp on the wrong side of the electric barrier six miles from Lake Michigan, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote to President Obama asking him to immediately appoint a federal Coordinated Response Commander … Continued
Award-winning author, filmmaker and adventurer Jon Waterman chronicles his spectacular 1,450-mile journey down the Colorado River – on foot and in a kayak – from its source to the Pacific Ocean in his new book RUNNING DRY: A JOURNEY FROM … Continued
After a long career at a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) hatchery, brooder bass are being retired into Texas lakes. About 100 retired largemouth bass brooders from the A.E. Wood State Fish Hatchery in San Marcos made a 5.5-hour … Continued
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.3 million to support 68 fish habitat projects in 36 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.9 million in partner contributions, over … Continued
Live Asian carp have been caught in the Chicago Area Waterway System. “The Great Lakes are on the brink of a great ecological and economic disaster that states in the region may never overcome,” Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio wrote in … Continued