Once valued as little more than pelts, beavers are back in vogue and rebuilding their reputation as habitat engineers. It helps their cause that the dams they build as homes also create water quality-boosting wetlands […]
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources: Summer is an important time to catch and release fish properly. Proper catch and release is especially important when temperatures are reaching the hottest they’ll be all year. As the […]
Most people can recognize themselves in a childhood photo. But if fish took pictures, many would be unable to pick their younger selves out of a lineup. In many species, the juveniles bear little resemblance […]
Imagine spending 4 days traveling miles up a frozen river in Alaska by snow machine, auguring holes through ice as thick as 80 cm, and looking for juvenile salmon. That’s the adventure NOAA’s Alaska Region […]
House lawmakers from the Committee on Natural Resources will meet tomorrow to discuss the states’ management role in sage-grouse conservation efforts. In this oversight hearing, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Senior Scientist
From prescribed burning and noxious weed treatments to forest restoration, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded grants that will fund 15 conservation projects benefitting 8,760 acres of vital elk habitat in Washington. The grants total […]
To reach the patch of land he manages near Bowie, MD, Lincoln Smith crosses a cul-de-sac and a soggy cornfield left bare in winter but for the tender shoots of a cover crop. This is […]
Part of Tampa Bay Watch’s Community Oyster Reef Enhancement (CORE) program, the Oyster Shell Bar program creates oyster reefs similar to natural oyster communities found along shoreline areas throughout Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay Watch works […]
One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, but in the nation’s waterways, all of man’s trash is a threat to marine life.Whether it’s the whale who died in the Chesapeake Bay recently after swallowing […]
This is the fourth in a series of articles — produced by the Bay Journal and Chesapeake Quarterly, the magazine of Maryland Sea Grant — that explore the impacts of, and policies related to, sea […]
Previous Michigan State University Extension articles have provided information on the natural shoreline movement in Michigan. These articles have highlighted the many benefits of preserving or restoring native vegetation along shorelines including erosion control, pollutant […]
Biologists hope rule changes approved by the Utah Wildlife Board will encourage anglers to keep more fish in Utah. Keeping the fish you catch — up to your legal limit — is the key to […]
By felling large trees into the waters of Wayne County’s East Lynn Lake, fisheries biologists hope to create the sort of fish-holding habitat the lake has long lacked. West Virginia’s large lakes might soon get […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative was implemented just over one year ago and its already making a difference. The Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative is […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is granting $400,000 for restoration of Penobscot River habitat, in line with its designation of the region as one of two Habitat Focus Areas back in May. The […]
The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine dependent, and diadromous fish species. Federal […]
During the 1950s and 60s crocodilian populations throughout the world were under siege being hunted to near extinction for their valuable hides to be made into beautiful leather goods demanded by the fashion industry. (LINK)
Bob Young vividly remembers the last alligator he trapped. “He was 910 lbs., and I caught him by myself”, the Hillsborough County native and four generation Floridian says. “I jumped on his back and then […]
Our alligator meat snacks are made with pride in approved USDA processing facilities, inspected and passed by the USDA. Obtaining USDA inspections and seal requires the minimum addition of 3% pork, beef or poultry. (LINK)
They don’t grow on trees, but they do breed and live among them. And through the ages, these “amphibious” reptiles have been as closely associated with The Sunshine State as our world-famous citrus and powder-white […]
This year, in addition to maintaining an aggressive predator-management policy, the DWR has launched a predator control program that provides incentives for members of the public to remove coyotes. Participants in this new program will […]
Bob Young vividly remembers the last alligator he trapped. “He was 910 lbs., and I caught him by myself”, the Hillsborough County native and four generation Floridian says. “I jumped on his back and then […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is continuing to provide fish and wildlife expertise during the emergency response and remedial phases following the Dan River coal ash spill and will work with others to determine […]
The Spokesman Review reported: Visitors to Wilbert Precast Inc.’s production building in northeast Spokane pause when they see several odd-shaped, large concrete objects sitting in a row in the company’s storage yard. “People are asking […]
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