Category Archives: Project Update
Reservoir Fish Habitats: A Toolkit for Coping with Climate Change
The Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership is pleased to announce a new chapter added to our BMP manual. Reservoir Fish Habitats: A Toolkit for Coping with Climate Change is available for download. Climate change is the defining environmental problem for our generation. The effects of climate change are increasingly evident and anticipated... Read More
Friends of Lake Livingston in Partnership with Lee College and the Ellis Correctional Unit are Making a Positive Impact on Aquatic Habitat and Instilling an Environmental Ethic in the Students from the Ellis Unit
Friends of Lake Livingston (FoLL) is a multi-partnership effort that includes Texas Master Naturalist (TMN) chapters (Livingston, Conroe, among others), the Ellis Correctional Unit and eight high schools. Friends of Reservoirs (FOR) has made several posts highlighting previous work by this ambitious group. The Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership and FOR... Read More
Friends of Reservoirs Welcomes Members of the Kansas Community Fisheries Assistance Program
Friends of Reservoirs welcomes 23 members of the Kansas Community Fisheries Assistance Program to the Friends of Reservoirs family. These Kansas communities are interested in improving the habitat quality of their local reservoirs. Friends of Reservoirs hopes to partner with Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and these local communities to... Read More
Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership Announces Conservation Projects for 2019
The Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership (RFHP) is pleased to announce the following projects have been selected for funding through the National Fish Habitat Partnership. These projects represent the top conservation priorities of RFHP for 2019. $120,000 has been awarded to the partnership through the Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program of... Read More
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Encourages Youth Groups to Get Involved in Aquatic Habitat Restoration
This article is reprinted from the AGFC Newsletter: Oct. 23, 2019 Randy Zellers Assistant Chief of Communications MT. IDA — The anglers of Lake Ouachita High School Fishing Team may still be a few years from taking on the challenge of top-level tournament angling, but they already are showing the character... Read More
Reservoir Sediment Management White Paper
The following is the Executive Summary from a white paper developed by the National Reservoir Sedimentation and Sustainability Team entitled: Reservoir Sedimentation Management: Building a Legacy of Sustainable Water Storage Reservoirs. This white paper has been written by the National Reservoir Sedimentation and Sustainability Team (NRSST). The NRSST is composed... Read More
Southern Division American Fisheries Society Symposium Announcement
Linking Physical and Biological Processes for Habitat Management Among Aquatic Systems Management of aquatic systems requires understanding the respective roles habitats have in maintaining system functions. Aquatic systems each contain unique habitat conditions that may necessitate a myriad of habitat management techniques. Channel design and bank stabilization are often used... Read More
Sedimentation and Sustainability Resolutions
Recent progress has been made recognizing the challenge and importance of sedimentation in long-term dam viability. Both the Bureau of Reclamation Subcommittee on Sedimentation and the U.S. Society on Dams recently released resolutions: The SOS encourages all Federal agencies to develop long-term reservoir sediment-management plans for the reservoirs that they... Read More
First Annual Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance Banquet a Success!!
The First Annual Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance Banquet was held at the Sullivan VFW on February 23, 2019 with 100% of the proceeds going to improve the fisheries and fish habitat in Lake Shelbyville! The doors opened at 5 P.M. with 290 supporters of the resource in attendance! The... Read More