2013 “Waters to Watch” List Highlights Variety of Conservation Challenges

(Washington, DC) - The National Fish Habitat Partnership (www.fishhabitat.org) has unveiled its 10 “Waters to Watch” list for 2013, a collection of rivers, streams, estuaries, watershed systems and lakes that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition.

These waters represent a snapshot of this year’s voluntary habitat conservation efforts in progress. These and other locally driven conservation projects are prioritized and implemented by regional Fish Habitat Partnerships that have formed throughout the country. The objective of these projects—to conserve freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats essential to the many fish and wildlife species that call these areas home—is the foundation of the National Fish Habitat Partnership.

National Fish Habitat Board Meeting Announcement - June 25-26, 2013

The June 2013 National Fish Habitat Board meeting will take place in Salt Lake City, UT all day June 25th and a half day on the 26th at the Utah State Capitol Building, 350 N State St Salt Lake City, UT 84103. A field trip will be held at the site of one of our National Fish Habitat projects on the Weber River (40 minutes north of Salt Lake City) on the afternoon of June 26 (transportation provided) from approximately 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm.

Agencies Honored with National Fish Habitat Award for Gila Trout Recovery

Representatives from Region 2 US Fish and Wildlife Service: New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Mora National Fish Hatchery; US Forest Service: Gila National Forest and Coronado National Forest; and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and the Arizona Game and Fish Department were honored by the National Fish Habitat Board with the 2012 Extraordinary Action Award for fish habitat conservation at the 4th Annual Native Trout Conference held in Phoenix, AZ on April 18.

These agencies are being recognized for their cooperative effort to successfully rescue, conserve and protect critical populations of Gila Trout within the Gila Wilderness damaged by the devastating Whitewater–Baldy Complex forest fire in New Mexico in 2012. The National Fish Habitat Board would like to recognize your hard work and dedication in conservation of threatened Gila Trout populations in the Western US.

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