Conservation News

Conservation News

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...

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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...

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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...

Sportfishing leaders converge on Washington

Alexandria, VA –  During its annual spring meeting, the American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) Government Affairs committee discussed a variety of sportfishing policy positions and outlined its agenda for the coming months. Over the...

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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...

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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...

Greenville hosts B.A.S.S. Conservation summit

Hal Schramm presents issues of fisheries growth and management to state agency representatives and B.A.S.S. conservation directors from across the country Saturday at the  2018 B.A.S.S. Conservation Summit Saturday morning in Greenville, S.C. Connecticut...

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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...

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