Fish
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Info Session with Scott Jackson: Wildlife Connectivity and Getting Trained in the NAACC Protocol
OnlineJoin UMass Extension Professor Scott Jackson for this BEAT-organized info session about the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) and learn how you can contribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Free-flowing waterways provide better habitat for many wildlife…
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NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)
Multiple Locations OutdoorsContribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Natural, free-flowing waterways create ideal habitats for numerous wildlife species, particularly cold-water fish. However, culverts—those concrete, metal, or plastic pipes that allow streams and rivers to pass under roads—can hinder the movement…
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Wild Acres Fishing Derby
Wild Acres S Mountain Rd., Pittsfield, MAxr:d:DAGBSR7v7nY:30,j:329187320798688263,t:24041115 The City of Pittsfield Conservation Commission has announced that they and Lyon Aviation will sponsor a FREE Fishing Derby for youth 14 and under Saturday, May 11 at the Wild Acres Conservation Area (rain or shine). Volunteer support will…
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NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)
Multiple Locations OutdoorsContribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Natural, free-flowing waterways create ideal habitats for numerous wildlife species, particularly cold-water fish. However, culverts—those concrete, metal, or plastic pipes that allow streams and rivers to pass under roads—can hinder the movement…
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Mass Fisheries and Wildlife Listening Session: Trout Stocking in the Deerfield River
OnlineOctober 17, 2024. Listening Session Notice: Trout Stocking in the Deerfield River. The Fisheries and Wildlife Board has received a request from individuals who want MassWildlife to stop stocking rainbow trout in the upper Deerfield River because they believe the…
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Mass Fisheries and Wildlife Listening Session: Trout Stocking in the Deerfield River
OnlineOctober 17, 2024. Listening Session Notice: Trout Stocking in the Deerfield River. The Fisheries and Wildlife Board has received a request from individuals who want MassWildlife to stop stocking rainbow trout in the upper Deerfield River because they believe the…
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WaterWatch Lecture Series: The Blue Line Method: How to Catch (and Release) Wild Trout
OnlineJoin the NSRWA and Mass Audubon for this winter's eight-part educational WaterWatch Lecture Series 2025. Vincent Battista, epidemiologist, conservationist, and the interim president of South Shore Fly Casters, will teach us all about brook trout. Brook trout (S. fontinalis) are…
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Fly Tying and Aquatic Health
J H Ketcham Memorial Park 46 Ketcham Pk, Dover Plains, NYJoin Dutchess Land Conservancy, Housatonic Valley Association, Mid-Hudson Trout Unlimited, and the Town of Dover CAC for a community event to learn how to tie flies for fly fishing, understand the importance of the aquatic health of our rivers, and…
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Stop Stocking: The Harmful Practice of Fish Stocking in Massachusetts and What You Can Do to Help
Online/ZoomIn 2023, Massachusetts made national history when Governor Maura Healey signed Executive Order 618, committing the Commonwealth to halt biodiversity loss by restoring critical habitats and protecting native species. But one longstanding state practice directly undermines these ambitious goals: the…