Federal fish hatchery recovers from 2016 West Virginia flood
Associated Press
June 6, 2017
Although the facility will not be back to normal until 2019, it’s expected to meet trout-egg obligations by next year.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fisheries staffs to study St. Mary’s River fish community
Tom Pink
June 6, 2017
They’ll be setting survey nets throughout the river during the month of August, hoping to capture a variety of the river’s species to record data on abundance, growth, mortality and size of fish populations.
Alaska landowners work to restore erosion-riddled Dow Island banks
Associated Press
June 5, 2017
As king salmon fishery experienced more closures on the lower river and more guides and private anglers began moving into the middle river to fish for trout and sockeye, it added to pressure on the
Public worries dam removal in Michigan could hurt fisheries
Associated Press
June 2, 2017
Most residents who spoke during a meeting earlier this week worried that removing the dam would open the trout stream’s watershed to a predatory migrating fish invasion or parasitic sea lampreys.
Bald eagle chicks helping with water quality monitoring project
Associated Press
June 1, 2017
Blood samples from chicks part of project to look for presence of toxins such as PCBs, pesticides and mercury in environment.
Snowy plover chick hatches on Oregon beach, a first in area in more than 50 years
Associated Press
June 1, 2017
Provides hope that a management plan for the federally threatened species is working.
Federal agency to take over salmon management on southwestern Alaska river
Associated Press
May 30, 2017
The river area affected by the switch is in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, from Aniak down to the mouth of the Kuskokwim.
In New York, lake sturgeon showing signs of recovery
Staff and News Reports
May 26, 2017
Still, the fish remains a threatened species in the state and the DEC asks anglers to avoid spawning lake sturgeon while fishing in New York waters.
After almost seven decades, threatened bird nesting again on Los Angeles area beaches
Associated Press
May 10, 2017
Although western snowy plovers use L.A. County beaches for roosting during the winter, the last documented active nest was in 1949 at Manhattan Beach.
