Conservation News

The Division of Fish and Wildlife will be hosting a fish habitat build on June 28th, 5:30-7:30pm at the Bloomington Field Office 5596 East State Road 46 Bloomington, IN 47401. Pallets have been donated including 160 from Cook Medical. Volunteers are needed to assemble these pallets into individual fish habitat …

You can help make Monroe Lake a better place for fish during a special volunteer day on May 19. The volunteer day is part of the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Reservoir Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Program (RAHEP). RAHEP builds fish habitat in reservoirs where natural structure is lacking. Volunteers …

(Brazil, IN) The Indiana Bass Federation, a state organization with the purpose to assist and unite member clubs and to assist and cooperate with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in matters that are mutually beneficial to Indiana resources has announced they have allotted $5,000 to stock largemouth bass …

DNR is conducting angler creel surveys at Sullivan Lake this spring. Sullivan Lake is a 461-acre lake in Sullivan managed by the Sullivan County Parks system, and is located just east of State Road 41. Fish survey work will include largemouth bass, crappie and hybrid walleye surveys in early spring. …

Here is your opportunity to be a part of the efforts to improve bass fishing in Indiana. The Indiana Bass Federation and the Indiana DNR have joined together in the Reservoir Habitat Enhancement Project that will be stocking largemouth bass in Lake Monroe and Patoka Lake and doing extensive biological …

This program is enhancing habitat through the placement of structures, shoreline stabilization and dredging. The structure map for Raccoon (Cecil M. Harden) has been uploaded to the reservoir habitat page.

The Indiana Bass Federation, Kansas B.A.S.S. Nation and Wyoming/Cowboy B.A.S.S. Nation are the recipients of the 2017 are the recipients of the inaugural Mossback/Friends of Reservoirs grant program. Mossback provided 3-$1000 (wholesale) product awards to Friends of Reservoirs member organizations. The three recipients were selected from a pool of candidates …

Anglers at Dove Hollow Marsh in Glendale Fish & Wildlife Area can soon harvest more fish before the marsh is drained this spring for repairs. Effective Dec. 15, the DNR has removed the largemouth bass size limit and doubled the daily bag limit for all species at the marsh, which …

The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife is working to reset the clock on our aging reservoirs with a new program to improve and increase aquatic habitat in selected bodies of water. The program, called the Reservoir Habitat Enhancement Program, started in 2016. It will enhance habitat through the placement …

Fish at Cecil M. Harden Lake (aka Raccoon Lake) will have more habitat thanks to a $1,500 grant from the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership and King Enterprises. The grant will pay for Mossback Fish Habitat structures that simulate trees and aquatic vegetation with natural colors, textured surfaces and flexible limbs. …