2018 Noreen Clough memorial scholarships awarded to female fisheries students
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The second annual Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarships for Females in Fisheries were awarded at the recent Southern Division, American Fisheries Society’s annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to...
An urgent message to bass anglers and boaters from B.A.S.S.: Tell President Trump we don’t want more E15
President Trump is evaluating changes to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), the law that mandates ethanol in our country’s fuel supply. B.A.S.S. members need to take action immediately to tell...
The balancing act in managing aquatic plants
Hook & Look TV’s Kim Stricker provided this outstanding interview with a Michigan aquatic lake management professional who explains the complex issues biologists face when they try to achieve the...
Maryland DNR to recognize black bass conservation efforts
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces a new award to help promote black bass conservation. The Director’s Black Bass Conservation Award will recognize bass fishing tournament directors who exemplify conservation with special recognition...
Call to action: Anglers in Cali need to speak up
California Assembly member Bill Quirk has introduced state legislation (AB 2787) that will make it impossible to purchase lead fishing weights and sinkers that are less than 1-3/4 ounces which includes...
Wisconsin’s tournament future in residents’ hands
Call-to-action: On April 9, Wisconsin bass anglers will have the opportunity to vote on a pair of questions in the spring Conservation Congress hearings. These questions have the opportunity to greatly...
AFTCO brings conservation support to freshwater and the B.A.S.S. Nation
With a long history of supporting conservation efforts, donating 10 percent of their profits every year to worthy projects – AFTCO continues that tradition with the AFTCO / B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant program. The...
Alamo Lake drawdown
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Disregarding concerns of state resource managers and sportsmen groups, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated a drawdown that likely will decimate the sport fishery at Arizona’s...
Conway tackles conservation in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Being the guiding force for what probably is the largest volunteer-led habitat project on a public water is enough to keep two or three normal people busy. But...
Washington updates bass regulations
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Bass anglers have long felt marginalized and ignored in the Northwest. Smallmouth bass introduced more than a century ago were blamed for the decline of salmon fisheries with...
