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| Conservation Mission Statement |
BASS
Federations provide conservation leadership by developing
and supporting actions to protect, improve and sustain quality
aquatic resources and user access. As role models, we continue
to improve fishing through education, partnerships, communication
and strong advocacy for sport fishing and sound natural resource
management. |
| State Conservation News |
6/15/2009 Directors, Attn: Federation Nation North Central and North East Region members Regarding: Potential Conservation Project I have been contacted by TPWD about a potential problem on Lake Quitman. Waterhyacinth has again expanded and can potentially restrict access. We are seeking an interested club or region which would be willing to organize a one day or multi day hyacinth removal project on Quitman. This is a great small scale project which will provide many benefits to your club and our organization. Please see the information below from Kevin Storey TPWD Inland Fisheries District 3B Biologist. Please contact me as soon as possible with questions or interest in this project. I look forward to hearing from you. Tim Cook From: Kevin Storey [mailto:kevin.storey@tpwd.state.tx.us] Tim, The waterhyacinth on Lake Quitman has reared its head once more and we are faced with trying to tame it. Last year we estimated coverage at just under 1 acre, but in May 2009 it had increased to over 5 acres! I was wondering if you might know of a bass club who wanted to do a good deed in East Texas and participate in a physical removal to reduce the number of waterhyacinth colonies around the lake. Some of the areas are too extensive for removal, but there are large numbers of small colonies around the shoreline. If we can reduce the number of sites maybe we can slow (or stop) its spread. Fortunately to date the plant has remained in the western third of the reservoir. We'd like to keep it there so we're not dealing with a reservoir-wide problem! I talked to the county commissioner, Keith Gilbreath, and asked if they could provide a dump truck and a front end loader to haul the plants away and he said they could. I am hoping we can provide a boat and a couple of staff members. Thanks The TBFN South East Region will be undertaking an ambitious, but highly beneficial project to remove trace amounts of Giant Salvinia from Lake Sam Rayburn. Please see details below. We would like for you to make all your regions aware of the project. We are looking for broad participation from not only the Federation Nation, but also the BASS ACT team, and other members of the angling community. TPWD will be heavily involved with this event and possibly supplying financial support as well. We are also looking for sponsors to provide supplies, water etc. Charles, we would like to have the State Trailer there as we will have media coverage, and it can serve as headquarters. This will be a great project with lots of exposure for our organization. I hope we can count on some of you attending and helping as well. This could be our biggest on the ground project of the year. Leslie and Eric McGaha will be the lead on this project. Please contact them, myself, or Ron Gunter if you have questions. For more information or to sponsor the effort, please visit the SE Region web site. Tim Cook Texas BASS Federation Nation Members and all, I am attaching a generic letter that I have sent via Fax to Kenneth Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior voicing our opposition to the lead ban in national parks which effects both ammunition and fishing tackle. Our National Conservation Director from BASS has a meeting Monday with the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and I have been advised to get as many of these type letters to them as quickly as possible both before and after this meeting. I have a direct fax number which will get them to the right desk which is 202-208-6956. You can follow up by mailing if you like although that process is very slow. For those of you who can, make the time to send a letter asking Mr. Salazar to respectfully request that the National Park Service withdraw the current proposal in favor of a more transparent, public process for future actions regarding the use of lead in National Parks. Please feel free to cut and paste from my letter, edit it as necessary, or write your own. WE NEED YOUR VOICE!!! Please take 5 minutes and do it now!!!! Thanks Tim Cook Click here to view a poster we have developed to try to make sure bass are handled in the way best for their health. Through the years TPWD biologists have found that handling bass using two wet hands and supporting them at tail and head as shown is the safest way. Please help us spread the word by printing and posting this poster and/or by sending it to others who will do the same. A note about the poster: The original size is 18” x 24”, and most people cannot print a document that size without tiling. However, by setting the view to 22.3% (“fit page”) and then printing, I was able to print it on an 8.5” x 11” sheet. You will need Adobe Acrobat to be able to view PDF files. Larry D. Hodge FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March
6, 2009 Babying Big Bass ATHENS, Texas—One of the biggest factors that influences the survival of fish entered into the ShareLunker program is how those fish are handled and cared for prior to being picked up by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) employees.....more 12/22/08 - TBFN Members, Click here for
an article that Robert Montgomery, Staff Writer for BASS, wrote
about the TBFN plans to start a fundraising banquet program
that will benefit the Conservation efforts for Texas, BASS
and other State Federations. The success of this project could
put us on equal footing with CCA and Duck's Unlimited in terms
of sporting organization commitment and recognition. As plans
get underway, I hope that you will support our efforts. Tim Cook 2/12/08 - Conservation News: Read the summary of the Amistad Tube Study and it's affect on the fishery. |
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