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March 27, 2023

Iowa fisheries biologist discusses the importance of aquatic plants

Featured, Fishing, Iowa, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

Anglers have a love-hate relationship with submerged vegetation. They know that the vegetation is a huge key for better fishing. It creates a safe haven for young fish, allowing them to escape from bigger predators, while it also provides a haven for the predator fish as well. That is to the point that the vegetation gets so thick that anglers can’t cast through the weeds. 
Boaters and lake homeowners have their problems with vegetation too when it reaches a certain point. But Iowa DNR fisheries biologist Mike Hawkins details why aquatic plants are so important to a body of water’s ecosystem.

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Iowa clay target program offers opportunity for kids of nearly all ages and ability levels

Featured, Hunting, Iowa, News /

The Scholastic Clay Target Program is a nation-wide, team-based clay target shooting program for grade, middle, high school and collegiate shooters. Established in Iowa in 2006, SCTP has grown by leaps and bounds to a record number 4,493 Iowa youngsters in 2022. Iowa’s SCTP is a coed sport with the leadership of 500 certified coaches.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources serves as the state advisor for the SCTP program and is responsible for providing assistance to new teams, training coaches, overseeing competition leagues and the state championships.

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Avid northern pike angler catches new Idaho certified-weight record with 40.76-pound giant

Home Page News, National Fishing, National News /

Idaho has a new certified weight state record northern pike after Hayden Lake in the northern part of the state produced the fish on March 21, 2023.
The new record fish, caught by angler Thomas Francis, weighed a whopping 40.76 pounds. It was 49 inches in length and 26.5 inches in girth. The previous state record northern pike was also caught in North Idaho, out of Lower Twin Lake. That fish was caught in 2010, and weighed 40.13 pounds.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Stacy Salvevold earns conservation award from Ducks Unlimited

Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, News /

On Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at DU’s 2023 Minnesota State Convention at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, DU conservation staff presented U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologist Stacy Salvevold with its 2023 Conservation Partner of the Year award.

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