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From report ECOLOGICAL SERVICES: Recent sunny weather may mean a bumper crop for Alaska's Elodea infestations!
Be on the lookout for invasive Elodea in Alaska this summer!

Although Elodea has only been confirmed in 15 waterbodies in Alaska to date, its foothold in float plane lakes like Sand Lake (only three miles away from Alaska’s busiest float plane base, Lake Hood) make it only one step away from invading any number of additional waters across the state. You can help prevent its spread!
From report Biologists Examine Eaglet at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge as Part of Post-delisting Monitoring Plan

On May 9, 2013, Jeremy N. Moore and volunteers Dave Best (retired) and Therese Best of the East Lansing Field Office (ELFO) examined and sampled a 52-day old bald eagle (eaglet) at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Saginaw, MI. The eaglet was temporarily removed from its nest, examined, weighed, measured, banded, and its blood and feathers sampled for contaminant analysis.
From report Lake Trout Broodstock Clear Waivers and Head North

Lake trout clear recently renovated Quarantine Building and head north!
From report Thousands "Flock" to River Education Days - Trempealeau NWR for 10 Years!
USFWS Trempealeau Refuge Hosts 10th Annual River Education Days!
From report Winthrop National Fish Hatchery "Leaves It To Beavers"
#beaver in @USFWSPacific 's Winthrop National Fish Hatchery raceway? A innovative restoration idea with teeth!

Beaver are swimming in Winthrop National Fish Hatchery's raceway, and we want them there! Find out how the Methow Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are taking an innovative approach to rebuild beaver populations, restore wetlands, and improve water quality.
From report Kalamazoo Streamside Rearing Trailer Waiting for its Precious Cargo

Kalamazoo River Streamside rearing trailer deployed and ready to take on its precious cargo of lake sturgeon.
From report Service Celebrates Water, Aquatic Species With 500 Elementary School Students
Celebrating water with salmon, #invasivespecies, and @LunatheLamprey last week @ClackCollege

How do you inspire 500 fourth and fifth graders to Celebrate Water? Bring along live lamprey, salmon displays, and visuals of invasive species. Read how the Service and others did so at Oregon City, Oregon's Clackamas Community College last week.
From report “How do you count birds that fly away?” - With Many Hands
Details on the Multi-Agency Cackling Canada Goose Survey
From report Park Rapids Student Wins Minnesota Jr. Duck Stamp Contest
2013 Minnesota Jr. Duck Stamp winners announced

The 2013 Minnesota Best of Show artwork is a Common Goldeneye oil painting by Cassidy Haggard, age 18, of Park Rapids. The Minnesota Conservation Message Winner is Sophie Olund, age 15, of St. Paul with her statement, "Quack, quack! Pond Back!". Special Student honors goes to Taylor Sue Rabehl, age 12, of Wabasha. The Minnesota Teacher Recognition is Kari Saather from St. Michael-Albertville.
From report Student Wood Duck Box Building Partnership Helps Northern Wisconsin Waterfowl

Northland College’s student chapter of the American Fisheries Society and other natural resource program students were interested in partnering on a project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to benefit local resources. Sixteen volunteer students from Northland spent a Saturday building 30 boxes that will be placed on wetland habitat restoration projects.
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