Funded Projects by State
More than $8 million invested in 800 projects to enhance fish populations, restore
fish habitat, improve water quality and advance fisheries research
across North America. More than 1 million hours of local volunteer labor
has matched FishAmerica's donations.
Below are examples of projects FishAmerica has funded in each
state. For a complete list, contact FishAmerica, 703.519.9691
*Indicates a project funded by the Research Projects Committee.
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C D F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W CANADA
ALABAMA
Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (2004: $5,000) To restore
fish habitat in Logan-Martin Lake through the placement of brush piles, cut
trees, and new aquatic vegetation.
Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (2004: $5,000)
To purchase stocked catfish for the 2004 and 2005 Joe Wheeler Lake Youth Fishing
Event at Wheeler Lake.
ALASKA
Youth Restoration Corps (2004: $10,000) To stabilize streambanks and restore
fisheries habitat along an acre of the Caribou, Crescent, and Cooper Creeks
in Chugach National Forest.
Alaska Association of Conservation Districts (2004: $7,500) To stabilize
and revegetate 4,500 square feet of Cottonwood Creek in the Cook Inlet watershed.
ARIZONA
*Anglers United (2000: $15,000) To conduct an economic impact study of an
improved Lake Havasu fisheries resource.
Anglers United (2000: $4,400) To purchase fish habitat materials for the
final stages of the Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Program.
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
(2004: $5,000) To construct and place 20 PVC fish habitat shelters in Beaver
Lake.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (2002: $5,000) To restore sport fishing
in Lake Ouachita.
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CALIFORNIA
Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation (2004: $25,000) To restore
and improve rearing and foraging habitat and water quality at the mouth of
the San Diego River.
Sonoma Ecology Center (2004: $49,380) To restore water quality and fisheries
habitat for steelhead and chinook salmon in the San Francisco Bay watershed
through riparian revegetation.
COLORADO
West Denver Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2003: $1,943) To repair and prevent
further erosion damage around three fishing platforms and a dam at an educational
center fishing pond.
*Colorado Division of Wildlife (2001: $2,500) To pilot the Colorado fly-fishing Ladies,
Let’s GO Fishing Seminar.
CONNECTICUT
Old Saybrook Land Trust (2004: $19,000) To construct a fishway to open 11
mile sand 15 acres of spawning habitat for anadromous fish in the Long Island
Sound watershed.
Save the Sound (2000: $17,364) To install an Alaskan steep pass fishway
at the Main Street Dam on the Rippowam/Mill River.
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DELAWARE
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (2003: $1,237) To restore passage of
American Eel through the construction of an eelway at Millsboro Pond dam.
Delaware Department of Natural Resources (1991: $5,700) To provide channel
catfish and fish attractor devices for restoration project on Silver Lake.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sport Fishing Institute (1994: $15,000) To support the Sport Fishing Institute’s
sport fishing research and conservation program.
Sport Fishing Institute Artificial Reef Development Center (1991: $10,000)
To develop a manual on artificial habitat improvement techniques to be used
by FishAmerica grantees, civic groups, and sporting clubs.
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FLORIDA
Wildlife Research Team (2004: $35,000) To restore fisheries habitat and
reconnect tidal flow to 23 acres of mangrove forest in the Biscayne Bay watershed.
St. Lucie County, Florida (2004: $50,000) To restore tidal flow and fish
passage through the replacement of six culverts in the Indian River Lagoon.
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GEORGIA
Lake Oconee Bass Masters & the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
(2002: $10,000) To restore fisheries habitat and water quality in Lake Oconee
by planting submerged aquatic vegetation and stabilizing the lake’s
shorelines.
Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority (1991: $7,600) Second year of
funding for a bank stabilization project on the Coosa River.
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HAWAII
Wahiawa Intermediate School (1998: $6,000) To construct a multiple use hatchery
and rearing facility on the campus of Wahiawa Intermediate School to spawn
and rear largemouth bass for stocking in Lake Wilson.
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IDAHO
West Central Highlands Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.
(2003: $32,000) To create a DNA library of genetic information for bull trout
in order to provide insight into the geographic patterns of genetic diversity,
degree of population isolation, and the gene flow patterns of bull trout.
Henry’s Fork Foundation (2000: $6,000) To revegetate streambanks along
the famed Henry’s Fork of the Snake River.
ILLINOIS
Hofmann Dam River Rats (2002: $5,000) To enhance instream habitat and stabilize
the shoreline along the Des Plaines River.
Illinois Conservation Foundation (2000: $4,000) To help construct an artificial
reef in southern Lake Michigan near Chicago.
INDIANA
Southeastern Indiana Bass Stocking Association (1987: $1,650) To purchase
equipment and supplies for rearing fingerling largemouth bass for stocking
in embayments of the Ohio River.
Camp Tecumseh, YMCA (1989: $6,000) To improve habitat for lake that serves
Boy Scouts and campers.
IOWA
South Sioux City Community Foundation (2004: $7,500) To restore an fisheries
habitat and an urban family fishing area in South Sioux City through streambank
stabilization.
Washington County Conservation Foundation (2003: $2,000) To build an interactive
display for the new Washington County Conservation Education Center.
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KANSAS
City of Overbrook (2001: $1,000) To purchase 2,000 largemouth bass fingerlings
to stock new lake.
Kansas Wildscape Foundation (2000: $1,250) To enhance fish habitat and improve
water quality on a 15-acre pond by providing an alternative water source
for cattle.
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (2003: $5,000) To restore
fisheries habitat by stabilizing 1,600 feet of shoreline on Kentucky Lake.
Twin Lakes Crappie Club (2001: $4,000) To purchase artificial reef habitat
material for an enhancement project on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.
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LOUISIANA
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation & Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries (2004: $5,000) To purchase and stock Phase II Florida
strain largemouth bass in Atchafalaya Basin.
New Orleans City Park Improvement Association (2002: $16,500) To improve
fisheries habitat in the City Park Lagoon System by installing aerators and
improving fish passage into the lagoon.
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MAINE
*Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (2003: $15,660) To determine
which of three strains of brook trout will improve survival rate and sportfishing
in stocked fishing ponds.
Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District (2002: $25,000) To
improve fish passage, habitat and water quality in Dearborn Creek by replacing
a culvert, removing debris from the streambed and stabilizing the streambanks.
MARYLAND
Severn River Association (2004: $30,000) To restore two acres of fish habitat
in Hidden Pond in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The Potomac Conservancy (2004: $16,422) To improve fisheries habitat and
water quality through riparian revegetation in Carroll Creek within
the Monocacy River watershed.
MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Dennis, Massachusetts (2004: $28,800) To restore anadromous fish
habitat through the replacement of two culverts along Quivett Creek.
Town of Truro, Massachusetts (2004: $17,500) To restore the fisheries habitat
of a 717-acre lagoon and salt marsh system in the East Harbor Estuary.
MICHIGAN
Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited (2002: $8,300) To restore fisheries
habitat in Michigan’s streams through dredging.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources (2001: $5,000) To stock Pocket
Pond, a kids’ fishing pond at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2002: $5,000) To restore instream
walleye habitat and improve water quality on the Cannon River by installing
habitat structures and stabilizing streambanks.
Outdoor Heritage Education Center (2001: $500) To purchase artificial habitat
materials for Swan Lake.
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (2004: $29,990) To improve water
quality and fisheries habitat through the creation of two oyster reefs
in Back Bay Biloxi and St. Louis Bay.
Holly Springs National Forest (1997: $27,500) To add 40 gravel spawning
beds, 30 brush pile fish attractors, and 250 underwater ledges, channels
and islands to Chewalla Lake, a 260-acre recreational fishery which supports
bass, bluegill, red ear, and channel catfish populations.
MISSOURI
Florissant-Ferguson School District (2000: $10,000) To construct a ½ acre
public fishing pond in the school’s Little Creek Nature area.
Mark Twain National Forest (1999: $4,000) To conduct habitat enhancement
projects on Mill Creek, a popular bass and bluegill stream.
MONTANA
The Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2003: $20,000) To restore
11,000 feet of the lower Nevada Spring Creek to improve water quality and
habitat quantity for westslope cutthroat and brown trout.
Madison-Gallitin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1998: $6,000) To restore prime
spawning and rearing habitat for brown, rainbow, and cutthroat trout through
placement of log cover, bank reconstruction, and planting of willows.
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NEBRASKA
National Outdoorsmen's Conservation Foundation (1984: $2,500) To improve
habitat for private ponds open to the public.
NEVADA
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (1997: $10,000) To remove a culvert blocking
the upstream migration of the bull trout and redband trout.
Las Vegas Flyfishing Club (1990: $840) To construct in-stream habitat structures
in Beaver Dam Creek, a tributary of the Schroeder Reservoir.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
*New Hampshire Lakes Association (2002: $9,000) To determine the economic
value of New Hampshire’s surface waters showing the importance to recreational
fishing and boating.
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (2002: $10,000) To restore
fish passage on the Contoocook River by removing the West Henniker
Dam.
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Conservation Officers Association (2003: $6,650) To restore three
ponds, totaling 25 acres, at Pinelands High School in Little Egg Harbor.
Ocean County Planning Department (2001: $8,700) To restore 35 acres of salt
marsh in the Barnegat Bay watershed by recreating the natural tidal flow
in the marsh.
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Trout (1998: $10,000) To purchase fencing and native riparian vegetation
for a habitat restoration and hands-on environmental education project on the
Santa Fe River.
NEW YORK
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2004: $50,000)
To install a fishway to open up 29 miles of spawning and nursery habitat
for American shad.
Trout Unlimited-Art Flick Chapter (2003: $21,830) To install a fish ladder
at Hard’s Lake Dam on the Carmans River to open more than 30 acres
of spawning habitat and two miles of riverine habitat.
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Coastal Federation (2004: $17,525) To improve water quality
and fisheries habitat through the creation of oyster reefs and restoration
of 6,000 acres of the North River.
Coastal Conservation Association–North Carolina & the Long Bay
Artificial Reef Association (2002: $10,000) To restore fisheries habitat
along coastal North Carolina by creating artificial reefs.
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Game and Fish Department (2003: $25,000) To remove silt, improve
streambank rip rap, and improve a spillway structure at the Dickinson Dike
on the Missouri River.
Bowman-Slope Conservation District (1994: $5,000) To construct a water control
structure and purchase rock rip rap to reduce sedimentation in the Bowman/Haley
Reservoir.
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OHIO
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (2000: $10,000) To purchase 180
Berkley Fish Habs to attract fish and create essential habitat cover at four
public lakes.
Lake Improvement Association (1993: $973) To construct fish attractors in
Grand Lake St. Mary's.
OKLAHOMA
Nichols Marine Vision for the Preservation of Fishing (2004: $5,000) To
restore 9,000 feet of shoreline through the planting of water willow in Lake
Eufaula.
89er Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2002: $8,000) To restore family fishing
opportunities in Oklahoma City by installing an aerator in a local fishing
pond.
OREGON
Coos Watershed Association (2004: $36,850) To restore instream habitat for
salmon and trout in Andersen and Dalton Creeks in the Coos Bay watershed.
*Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (2003: $25,350) To determine and describe the use
of floodplain wetlands as over-wintering habitat by young-of-year and yearling
coho and chinook salmon and to determine their ability to use water-control
structures for passage in and out of wetlands.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Conservation and Development Council
(2004: $22,000) To restore anadromous and freshwater fish access to one mile
of upstream fisheries habitat in the Delaware River watershed.
Izaak Walton League (2004: $20,000) To create riparian stream buffers, install
livestock fencing and reconstruct natural stream channels along 25,000 linear
miles of stream in Mill Creek.
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RHODE ISLAND
Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District (2003: $7,000) To restore tidal
flow and fish access to Potter’s Cove Pond by replacing damaged culverts.
Town of Warren (2000: $25,000) To restore herring runs on the Kickemuit
River by constructing a fish ladder at the Kickemuit Reservoir.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Coastal Conservation Association, South Carolina (2002: $7,100) To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal South Carolina.
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2001: $13,900) To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal South Carolina.
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2000: $5,000) To purchase materials to anchor and install Christmas trees in Lake Murray.
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2003: $13,210) To restore
essential fish habitat through the construction/restoration of 30 oyster
reefs along the South Carolina coast.
Coastal Conservation Association–South Carolina (2002: $7,100)
To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal
South Carolina.
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TENNESSEE
Sumner County Convention and Visitors Bureau (2004: $5,000) To repair
a currently existing boat ramp at Bull’s Creek in Old Hickory
Lake.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (2002: $5,000) To convert
a four-acre retention pond into a fish-rearing pond for state hatcheries
in the Old Hickory Wildlife Management Area.
TEXAS
Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge’s
(2004: $12,500) To restore fish passage to the Brundrett Lakes through the
replacement of two failing culverts.
Galveston Bay Foundation (2000: $15,000) To restore salt
marsh areas in the Galveston Bay area.
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UTAH
State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (2003: $16,000) To improve
sportfishing opportunities and install fish habitat structures at two fishing
ponds Helper and Price cities.
Helper City (1994: $5,275) To assist with habitat (stream channel) improvement
to the Price River as part of a comprehensive fishery improvement program.
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VERMONT
NorthWoods Stewardship Center (2004: $6,170) To revegetate nearly six acres
of riparian habitat in the third and final phase of the Sleepers River Riparian
Restoration Project.
Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District (2003: $15,000)
To restore instream habitat and improve water quality along 10 miles
of stream in the Lake Champlain watershed.
VIRGINIA
Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship (2004: $3,800) To
restore fisheries habitat and improve water quality by planting native vegetation
on Yeocomico River shorelines.
The Elizabeth River Project (2004: $25,000) To improve water quality and
fisheries habitat through restoration of a one-third acre oyster reef at
the mouth of Paradise Creek.
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WASHINGTON
Willapa Bay Fisheries Enhancement Group (2004: $48,500) To restore fish
passage for salmonids to more than 4.1 miles of upstream spawning habitat
in the Willapa Bay watershed.
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (2004: $10,000) To restore fisheries
habitat by stabilizing 2,500 feet of streambank in the Nooksack River watershed.
WEST VIRGINIA
Upper Knapps Creek Watershed Association (2001: $10,000) To restore instream
habitat and stabilize streambanks along 17 miles in the Upper Knapps Creek
watershed.
Lower Paint Creek Association (2000: $8,000) To stabilize the stream banks
and create plunge pools on Paint Creek.
WISCONSIN
Florence County Forestry & Recreation Department (2002: $3,000) To improve
walleye populations in Florence County lakes by improving the county’s
walleye rearing pond.
Walleyes for Tomorrow (2000: $10,000) To create walleye spawning habitat
in Green Bay.
WYOMING
Little Bighorn Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1995: $6,000) To stabilize eroding
banks and to create additional plunge pools to increase habitat availability
for cutthroat and brook trout on the Little Big Horn and South Tongue.
Flaming Gorge/Lower Green River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1995: $4,500)
To purchase vegetation and conduct riparian stabilization projects on the "Big
Bend Areas" of the Big Sandy River.
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CANADA
*The University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre (2003: $20,000) To
determine survival rates or marine mortality of juvenile Coho salmon in Howe
Sound, British Columbia.
Conservation Niagara Foundation (2003: $13,000) To improve habitat and public
fishing opportunities at two of Niagara Peninsula’s popular public
fishing areas.
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*Indicates a project funded by the Research Projects Committee
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