After decades of collaborative efforts with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC), Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department(VFWD), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), biologists consider the Lake Champlain lake trout population to be restored. As a … Continued
Members of the Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative, a working group of fisheries professionals from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) , and Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD), will … Continued
Among the outstanding catches of the 2024 New York fishing season were three new state record freshwater fish. On June 21, 2024, Chuck Zimmerman of Hilton, Monroe County, set a New York state record with a 15-pound, 14-ounce longnose gar … Continued
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Fish & Wildlife will lead a multi-state partnership to help restore Eastern brook trout to waterways in parts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, by administering a $3.5 million National Fish and Wildlife … Continued
In December, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the 2024 Hudson River striped bass young-of-year survey results indicate a second consecutive year of poor juvenile production in the Hudson River. The index value, which provides an … Continued