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Many of the state’s fish begin their lives not in a mountain stream but in a small white box in New Hampton at one of the state’s six fish hatcheries, where young fish are bred and raised before being released in the wild. Brown trout, rainbow trout,...

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.Many of the state’s fish begin their lives not in a mountain stream but in a small white box in New Hampton at one of the state’s six fish hatcheries, where young fish are bred...

Many of the state’s fish begin their lives not in a mountain stream but in a small white box in New Hampton at one of the state’s six fish hatcheries, where young fish are bred and raised before being released in the wild.

Center for Biological Diversity: Draft Plan Fails to Address Impacts of Roads, Logging Steep Slopes on Salmon, Water Quality

The White River is one of the few remaining streams with natural flows in the Colorado River Basin. Researchers say the thriving fish habitat there shows the need to protect the region’s streams.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is responsible for managing and protecting Louisiana’s abundant natural resources. The department issues hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, as well as boat titles and registrations.

CAMDEN — Weather permitting, the Camden Select Board is convening a public workshop at Harbor Park, Oct. 14, and inviting those consultants, engineers and scientists who have been involved with a multi-year Megunticook River management assessment,...

Maine Voices: Restore Maine’s place as bastion of wild, native fish A recent state proposal invests too much in harmful fish hatcheries, says the chairman of the Maine chapter of the Native Fish Coalition. By Tom JohnsonSpecial to the Press Herald Share I am writing on behalf of the Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition regarding the recent proposal by the state to allocate $20 million from the American Rescue Plan to update and modernize Maine’s fish hatcheries. Native Fish Coalition is...

CHICAGO — There may come a day on the Illinois River when a fish swims up a chute, slides through a scanner, and, after being recognized as a feared silver carp, is sorted and removed, eventually ending up in a carp burger on your dinner plate. Keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes has involved a series of less-than-silver bullets — from commercial fishing to carbon dioxide experiments ...

Historic Dam On Watauga River Demolished by Keri Brown 2:52pm May 28, 2021 A crew removes a section of the Ward Dam. The demolition was completed in mid-May. Picture courtesy of MountainTrue/Watauga Riverkeeper A historic dam on the Watauga River is no longer standing. Environmentalists say the removal will increase the overall health of the waterway. The former Ward Mill Dam sat just outside of Boone. It was first built in the 1890s and was used to power nearby grist and sa...