Features
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Junior Ranger Let's Go Fishing!
Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery is the first Pacific Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program station to pilot Junior Ranger Let's Go Fishing!, a collaborative partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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2017 Program Highlights Report Released
2017 was a year highlighted by the power of partnerships. The 'Our Legacy, Our Future' report outlines our conservation successes, made possible by collaborations with Tribes, states, non-profit organizations, landowners, and many others.
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The Power of Twelve
Since 2005, Refuges and FAC program biologists have gathered each spring to share research, discuss management issues, and seek collaborative opportunities to monitor aquatic species and habitats in Pacific Northwest refuge waterways .
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'Fish Health News You Can Use' Newsletter Launched
The inaugural issue of of the Pacific Region's 'Fish Health News You Can Use' newsletter has just been released! Read about topics ranging from Fish Health Program staffing updates to gas bubble trauma to what different diagnostic tests tell scientists about Bacterial Kidney Diseases.
Program Updates
Volume 1, Issue 3 of Fish Health 'News You Can Use' Published
In this new issue: the huge impact of infectious diseases on amphibian populations; transmittal of fish diseases to the next generation through eggs; disease treatments in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems; fish vaccines--are they useful?; biosecurity; the Service's new national fish health policy.
Fish and Aquatic Conservation news
July 31, 2018 - Fall salmon seasons kick off Aug. 1 with mixed forecasts (Oregon DFW)July 6, 2018 - (Tribal Tribune) CTFW utilize beavers in Methow salmon recovery work
March 30, 2018 - Idaho summer chinook fishing may heat up
March 28, 2018 - Idaho spring Chinook fishing set to open April 28
March 6, 2018 - JFAC sets Fish & Game budget, includes takeover of Hagerman Fish Hatchery from feds The Idaho Department of Fish & Game will take over
An Education in Restoration
The Mid-Columbia Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office has been supporting an Ecology class for students at Okanogan High School for three years now. The students are trained to collect data on plant life, macroinvertebrates and fish species. At the end of the year, students analyze the data and report their findings.
