Page 26 - Species Program News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: June 3, 2021 NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR  (HONOLULU)

Home » Latest News, Newsroom » DLNR NEWS RELEASE: NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR DLNR NEWS RELEASE: NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom (HONOLULU) – The State and four non-profit organizations have teamed up to create a new statewide number to report marine debris. Derelict fishing gear, like nets, is responsible for entangling marine life like turtles and humpback whales. Kristen Kelly with the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Protected Species Program explained, “The idea is to have peo...

STOCKBRIDGE — It’s clear sailing on Stockbridge Bowl — for now. But, if the Eurasian milfoil weeds that bedeviled the state-owned, town-maintained “Great Pond” in most previous summers (excluding last year) return, the game plan to attack any infestation remains murky. A weed-harvesting plan for limited portions of the lake this summer is “almost finalized,” Town Administrator Michael Canales told the Select Board recently. The details await approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection. And any work by the town harvesters would depend on th...

There’s got to be a better way to fund conservation in Mass. Updated May 4, 2021, 2:30 a.m. Email to a Friend Yes, we all should pay to support the outdoors Why is MassWildlife, a state agency with a wide-ranging and important mandate, expected to be largely self-funded? In the front-page article “Wild but not free” (April 28), Billy Baker offers the question, “Is it time for everyone to pay for the outdoors?” The answer is yes, of course. We pay for pretty much everything else out of our taxes, and I do understand the history of the wildlife conservation funding str...

By WHAV Staff | The Slavit family’s MS Capt. Red is a 105-foot-long, 28-foot-wide vessel. (Courtesy photograph.) There has been a breakthrough in arrangements to bring the 400-passenger MS Capt. Red to Haverhill this season. Last Saturday, Haverhill Harbormaster Michael Vets gave preliminary approval for the installation of tie-ups for the 105-foot-long, 28-foot-wide ship at the public mooring area 100 yards downriver from the Crescent Yacht Club. While installation won’t take place until MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program signs off on any necessary sturgeon...