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Study shows cow elk undaunted by river crossing

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:29:15 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - Data collected from a study of cow elk show the animals are unfazed by the prospect of crossing wide sections of the Missouri River while on the move during spring months.

Pa. creek considered for 'exceptional' designation

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:01:41 -0400

FAIR OAKS, Pennsylvania - Ed Schroth sloshed around in the shallow, swift water of Little Sewickley Creek, shuffling his feet to rouse bugs and other critters lurking under slippery rocks and sediment.

$2.5M approved to study flooding of Wreck Pond

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:52:04 -0400

SPRING LAKE, New Jersey - Federal officials have approved a $2.5-million federal study for Wreck Pond to address environmental issues, including drainage problems that have caused chronic flooding in Monmouth County.

US poisons invasive Lake Michigan lamprey larvae

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:17:31 -0400

EAST BAY TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Federal wildlife workers will go after one of the Great Lakes' greatest invasive pests this week when they poison the larvae of sea lamprey in a stream feeding Lake Michigan.

Fish taken from Delta have most mercury in Calif.

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:44:08 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Sport fish from rivers and streams in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have higher levels of mercury in their systems than fish taken from anywhere else in California, a new survey has found.

Study: Household pollutants in Milwaukee waterways

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:50:11 -0400

MILWAUKEE - Dozens of pollutants ranging from chemicals in everyday household products to airborne residue from car exhaust end up in Milwaukee area waterways, a new study has found.

River herring rebound touted by NH biologists

Mon, 27 May 2013 13:55:59 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - There was a surprising increase in the number of river herring passing the Amoskeag Fishways Learning Center in Manchester this spring where the herring run was already the biggest it's been since 2000, biologists say.

Corps study addresses Missouri River sediment

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:04 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a new study indicates that high discharge, short duration reservoir releases out of Fort Randall Dam could help flush fine sediment out of the Missouri River.

DNR research vessels back on water for surveys

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:06 -0400

MARQUETTE, Michigan - The state Department of Natural Resources' research vessels are back on the water, conducting annual surveys of Great Lakes fish populations.