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The Magnolia West Bass Club, a high school bass fishing club, was one of four recipients of Friends of Reservoirs Small Projects Grant for 2018. Magnolia West will use the funds to purchase Mossback Fish Habitat to enhance the structural habitat of John Paul's Landing lake located in Magnolia, Texas.... Read More
Roosevelt Lake is the upper-most reservoir of a four-reservoir chain in the Salt River watershed. Roosevelt Lake is the largest and is formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam constructed in 1911 by the Bureau of Reclamation. Roosevelt Lake is located on the Tonto National Forest (TNF) in central Arizona almost entirely... Read More
A crowd of 200 volunteers, dignitaries, VIPs, and students welcomed Former First Lady Laura Bush to Wolf Creek Park on September 13 for the planting of 1,900 American Water-willows. Mrs. Bush was on hand to welcome LLFoR as a Conservation Wrangler for Texan by Nature, a conservancy program she founded to... Read More
Friends of Reservoirs and Bass Pro Shops are proud to proclaim New Mexico B.A.S.S. Nation, Magnolia West Bass Club, Friends of Carr Creek and Harrisburg Area Chamber of Commerce as the winners of the 4th Annual Small Projects Grant Program for 2017. Friends of Reservoirs offers $1000 cash grants to... Read More
The Friends of Reservoirs Foundation (FOR) and King Enterprises, makers of Mossback artificial fish habitat products are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural grants program available exclusively to Friends of Reservoirs member organizations. Mossback has been a corporate sponsor of Friends of Reservoirs for several years and wants... Read More
The Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership and Friends of Reservoirs are excited to announce that Reservoir Fish Habitat Management is now available to be downloaded free of charge. Reservoir Fish Habitat Management details state of the art techniques on addressing major reservoir habitat impairments and is intended to be used as a reference for design... Read More
Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir is a 1,730 acre impoundment that was built by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control purposes in 1969. It is the center piece of the 5,900 acre Bald Eagle State Park that surrounds the lake. The park is managed by the Department... Read More
Fellsmere Water Management Area (FWMA) is a 10,000-acre parcel of land purchased by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) as part of the restoration of the Upper St. Johns River (USJR) ecosystem. The land was converted into a reservoir to provide a high-quality fishery, an increased measure of flood control, a... Read More
Mozingo Lake is a 1,006-acre water supply reservoir located just east of Maryville, Missouri. Mozingo Lake was constructed in 1992, and attracts thousands of anglers and pleasure boaters annually. The lake’s primary purpose is to provide water for the city of Maryville. Other goals of the lake are to “ensure... Read More
RFHP provided funding for two separate projects on Smithville Lake. Missouri Department of Conservation was the lead on the first project (2012) which consisted of providing additional structural habitat. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2015) was the lead on the second project which consisted principally of shoreline stabilization. Smithville Lake ... Read More
