News & Awards

• Featured Project: Habitat Restoration by Partners Aids Gulf Striped Bass

  January 28th, 2011
  

  The Gulf striped bass was once common in many locations along the Northern Gulf coast and on the Mississippi River, but a combination of factors – including fishing, dams, and pollution – diminished the population and limited it to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River system in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. For years, there has been a cooperative effort by these states and the Federal government to restore and save habitats for this imperiled species. Recently, that effort has concentrated on Bovine Springs, a small spring on the Flint River in Baker County, Georgia, that is an important refuge for the Gulf striped bass. “The Gulf striped bass is imperiled due to limited summer thermal habitat, and springs are vital to their survival,” said John Kilpatrick, senior fisheries biologist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “We only have about 10 of these springs on the Flint River that flow consistently in the summer and that the fish need as refuges. read more >

• The 2011 National Fish Habitat Awards

  January 6th, 2011

  The National Fish Habitat Awards, www.fishhabitat.org, honor exceptional individuals or entities who have demonstrated extraordinary dedication, innovation or excellence in aquatic resource conservation. National Fish Habitat Awardees show how individuals can and do make a difference.  Awards will be made annually on the basis of nominations submitted by Fish Habitat Partnerships and the hundreds of organizations and members that make up the Partners Coalition. From the nominations submitted, the National Fish Habitat Board will select the most meritorious for the four award categories listed below. Honorable mentions may be made. The National Fish Habitat Board honors groups and individuals, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in aquatic conservation through the National Fish Habitat Awards, which were established in 2008.read more >

• The 2011 National Fish Habitat Awards

  January 6th, 2011

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