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The New Mexico B.A.S.S. Nation has been an active Friends of Reservoirs member for several years. Habitat issues on Elephant Butte Reservoir are particularly challenging due to drought and highly fluctuating water levels due to irrigation demands on the water supply. Earl Conway, New Mexico B.A.S.S. Conservation Director, has met... Read More
Olpe City Lake is situated on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills region of Kansas. The lake is located one mile west and one mile south of the city of Olpe. Construction of the 90 acre lake was completed in June of 1964. The 1,280 acres of native tall... Read More
Testimonial from a Kansas angler about Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism's habitat restoration efforts. "I just wanted to let you know that we had some fantastic fall fishing for crappie here at Milford Reservoir. I went out numerous times and found a number of "Georgia Cubes" located in... Read More
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
