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MONDAY, 13 JUNE 2011 14:03
The July 2011 NFHAP Board meeting will take place in Madison, Wisconsin July 26 and 27. The Board Meeting will be held at the Madison Concourse Hotel beginning at 8:00 AM Tuesday July 26th and ending at 2:30 PM on July 27th.
July Board meeting agenda
Board Meeting Book
A block of rooms is being held at the Madison Concourse Hotel (One West Dayton St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Telephone: 800-356-8293 Fax: (608) 257-8454), until July 6,...
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Babe Winkelman's Good Fishing program recently aired an episode that featured the Wisconsin Fish Sticks program, in cooperation with the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership. See the story at the link below (Fish Sticks program at 11:00 minute mark).
http://www.winkelman.com/videos/good-fishing/wisconsin-smallies_76
WEDNESDAY, 03 AUGUST 2011 12:42
Small Grant Recipients
The Western Native Trout Initiative, a venture of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and a National Fish Habitat Partnership, is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of the new “Small Project Funding Program.”
The purpose of this program is to provide a source of funding to organizations desiring to become involved in the conservation – protection, restoration or enhancement – of...
Read moreTHURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2011 12:50
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.4 million to support 84 fish habitat projects in 38 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.8 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as improving recreational fishing and helping endangered species.
The funding is provided for...
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Manistee River, MI (Great Lakes Basin FHP)
Staudinger's and Scoy Ponds, NY (Atlantic Coastal FHP)
Llano River, TX (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership)
Barataria Bay, LA (Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership)
Waipa Stream, HI (Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership)
Purpose of the project
The Conservation Resource Alliance will coordinate the replacement of a degraded road crossing with a timber bridge and the...
THURSDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2011 13:51
The fisheries program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in association with state agencies and other conservation organizations, contributes $3.6 billion to the nation’s economy and supports 68,000 jobs across the country, according to a new report issued by the agency.
Overall, hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation contribute an estimated $730 billion to the U.S. economy each year, Salazar noted. One in twenty U.S. jobs are in the...
(Washington, DC) – The Secretaries of the Interior (Ken Salazar), Agriculture (Tom Vilsack) and Commerce (John Bryson) on Friday March 2, committed to signing an agreement to promote collaborative, science-based conservation of the nation’s waterways and fisheries through the National Fish Habitat Partnership. The agreement ensures that Federal resources are effectively focused on locally supported conservation strategies developed by fish habitat partnerships. The announcement was made at...
Read moreThe Desert Fish Habitat Partnership (DFHP) was initiated in 2005 to conserve native desert fish by protecting, restoring, and enhancing their habitats in cooperation with state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, federal resource agencies, research and private organizations, and engaged individuals. DFHP seeks to address critical fish and aquatic habitat conservation needs in the Great Basin and Mohave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts in southwestern United States.
An important component of NFHP's approach is the protection of fish habitats through voluntary, non-regulatory conservation activities. NOAA Fisheries and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation seek to promote the protection of coastal and marine fish habitats through the NFHP Fish Habitat Partnerships. Protection under NFHP consists of voluntary and non-regulatory actions that maintain, or prevent the decline of, aquatic habitat and aquatic resources that depend on those habitats....
Read moreThe National Fish Habitat Action Plan is currently under revision and will be unveiled in April 2012. The revised Plan will be built on the below objectives and will also feature case studies and a vision for the future of nation’s aquatic habitats.
Achieve measurable habitat conservation results through strategic actions of Fish Habitat Partnerships that improve ecological condition, restore natural processes, or prevent the decline of intact and healthy systems leading to better...
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