A State initiative to gather more information on the presence of aquatic invasive species in Colorado confirmed the presence of quagga mussel larvae in Jumbo Reservoir in Logan County, and Tarryall Reservoir in Park County.
Veligers, the larval stage of quagga mussels, were initially identified by a microscopic analysis of water samples. An independent lab confirmed [...]
October 9, 2008 | Posted in
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EHD, aka Blue Tongue, Often Fatal to Deer, Does Not Infect Humans
The Division of Fish & Wildlife is reassuring Delaware residents and hunters that an insect-borne disease that has been killing white-tailed deer throughout North America does not affect humans and has little long-range ramifications for the health of the state’s deer herd.
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease [...]
August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Boater, angler precautions critical to contain further spread
PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Marion Reservoir. An angler reported finding a single zebra mussel in the Cottonwood Point area of the reservoir during the past weekend. KDWP biologist Jason Goeckler investigated immediately and found two [...]
August 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Late Tuesday evening, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife released more than 500,000 hickory shad larvae or “fry” into the lower Brandywine Creek as part of an ongoing effort to restore a once-abundant species.
“There was no time to even announce the stocking,” said Craig Shirey, a Fisheries program manager for the Division. “We received [...]