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Florida herbicide treatments resume
Florida herbicide treatments resume
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Following a pause this past winter to listen to concerns and ideas and then modify its strategy, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has resumed...
Indiana anglers fight reservoir access issue
Indiana anglers fight reservoir access issue
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana anglers are fighting back against formation of a conservancy district on a popular suburban fishery here, asserting that it will impose prohibitive cost on public...
Habitat program in Pennsylvania
Habitat program in Pennsylvania
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is looking for a few good bass clubs.Well ... actually, it's looking for more than a few. The PFBC needs partners to help with its...
Guadalupe bass recovery
Guadalupe bass recovery
AUSTIN, Texas – In 2010, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and its conservation partners embarked on an ambitious mission to restore and conserve 10 self-sustaining populations of the...
Grant spurs conservation projects in Tennessee
Grant spurs conservation projects in Tennessee
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. – In Tennessee, AFTCO and B.A.S.S. have earned a spectacular return on their investment, as a $5,000 conservation grant to enhance habitat in one reservoir ignited an effort to...
Lake Shelbyville Alliance banquet
Lake Shelbyville Alliance banquet
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. – The Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance (LSFHA) continues to provide an evolving blueprint for bass clubs and other angling groups across the nation to improve their home...
Northwest war on bass update
Northwest war on bass update
EUGENE, Ore. – Angler advocate groups are keeping close watch on bills proposed in the Northwest that could have catastrophic consequences for bass fisheries and bass fishermen.That comes as no...
What is going on at Kingsley Lake?
What is going on at Kingsley Lake?
STARKE, Fla. – Biologists are winding up an investigation into why one of Florida's least known fisheries is such a prolific producer of big bass.During the past six years, 2,000-acre Kingsley Lake...
St. Johns pollution threat
St. Johns pollution threat
Palatka, Fla. – The Bassmaster Elites Series kicks off its 2019 season Feb. 7 on the St. Johns River, out of a county, Putnam, that still justifiably promotes itself as the "Bass Fishing Capital of...
Tennessee, Kansas welcome new conservation directors
Tennessee, Kansas welcome new conservation directors
WINCHESTER, Tenn. – In Tennessee and Kansas, new state conservation directors (CDs) have taken the reins, eager to continue the B.A.S.S. Nation tradition of working with state agencies and others...
Study reveals Lake Eufaula's economic impact
Study reveals Lake Eufaula's economic impact
Auburn, Ala. – Most communities near public fisheries benefit economically. But Eufaula, on the Alabama side of Lake Eufaula, seems especially blessed, with bass anglers and bass tournaments major...
Meet Idaho and Minnesota conservation directors
Meet Idaho and Minnesota conservation directors
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Specific goals vary, but two new B.A.S.S. Nation state conservation directors share a general objective."I want to grow in the job and impact the actions and decisions of our...
North Carolina's right to fish and hunt amendment
North Carolina's right to fish and hunt amendment
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina's passage of an amendment guaranteeing the right to fish and hunt enjoyed strong support in the November mid-term elections, as more than 2 million voted for the...
Georgia cubes evolve and go nationwide
Georgia cubes evolve and go nationwide
Georgia cubes as fish attractors aren't just for Georgia fisheries anymore. And many of them aren't exactly cubes either.
Kentucky incentivizes carp harvest
Kentucky incentivizes carp harvest
PADUCAH, Ky. – Teamed with a broad coalition, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) swiftly is implementing a strategy to minimize the Asian carp threat to sport fisheries...
Meet two northern state conservation directors
Meet two northern state conservation directors
NASHUA, N.H. – Along the northern tier of states, smallmouth often take top billing for anglers. Consequently, they're also often at the forefront of concerns for B.A.S.S. Nation (BN) state...
Learn habitat improvement at Texas FOR meeting
Learn habitat improvement at Texas FOR meeting
ATHENS, Texas – Bass clubs and organizations nationwide who are interested in improving habitat in their home fisheries are invited to send a representative to the 9th annual Reservoir Fisheries...
Shimano scholarship winners announced
Shimano scholarship winners announced
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – With 32 applicants, competition was stiff for this year's Shimano/B.A.S.S. Nation scholarships for those pursuing careers in natural resources and fisheries management."Our...
Congressional briefing covers carp problem
Congressional briefing covers carp problem
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An angler and tournament organizer provided a graphic visual image of the threat that Asian carp pose to Kentucky and Barkley Lakes on July 25, during a Congressional briefing...
Anglers communicate carp problems
Anglers communicate carp problems
EDDYVILLE, Ky. – While we looked one way, Asian carp went the other. As we worried about invasion of the Great Lakes, their populations exploded in Kentucky and Barkley Lakes, threatening to...
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