Conservation priorities in Texas
MCQUEENEY, Texas – For new B.A.S.S. Nation (BN) state conservation directors who worry about whether they can handle the job, long-time Texas Conservation Director Tim Cook has some reassuring advice:...
Revitalizing the National Harbor habitat
OXON HILL, Md. – Maryland B.A.S.S. Nation (MBN) members Scott Sewell, Dick Berich and Roger Trageser helped lead the way for a recently completed habitat project in National Harbor that...
Gene Gilliland’s favorite moment of 2017
In 2017 we tried to cover more conservation-related topics on Bassmaster.com and on our B.A.S.S. Conservation Facebook page to help educate and inform bass anglers about current events and the threats to...
Georgia Nation restores West Point Lake vegetation
LaGrange, Ga. — The Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation has spent the last three years restoring native plants in West Point Lake. About 75 members from 18 adult and high school bass...
Giant salvinia returns in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Once thought eradicated, giant salvinia has again been confirmed in Texas’ Lake Fork. And this time, it’s probably there to stay. That’s bad news for both fish...
B.A.S.S. urges Asian carp plan action
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — B.A.S.S., along with other hunting, angling, conservation and outdoor industry organizations, today submitted public comments in support of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to...
Elephant Butte keeps getting better
ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. – Now that Elephant Butte Lake finally is back in Bassmaster’s Top 25 Bass Lakes in the West, the fishing “just will keep getting better,” according to Earl Conway,...
Fight for Lake Sunapee access continues
NEWBURY, N.H. – This past summer, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu killed plans to build the only state-owned public access area on Lake Sunapee, the state’s sixth largest water body. But...
Hoffmann’s conservation work in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – In just a little more than a year as Wisconsin’s conservation director, Ryan Hoffmann has learned that “it’s certainly not an easy job. “While everyone agrees that...
Claytor Lake project continues in Virginia
ROANOKE, Va. – Since 2013, Virginia’s Claytor Lake has seen massive and ongoing improvements in fish habitat, thanks to a broad alliance that includes the Virginia B.A.S.S. Nation (VBN) and Friends...