2010: $15,405.69.00 In Conservation Grants (More to Come) |
A Wildlife
Forever/MWC grant was used by the Delta county Convention and Visitors
Bureau in support of the fisheries at the Bays de Noc, Michigan.
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A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Webster Chamber of Commerce to support the fishery of Waubay Lake in South Dakota.
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| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used to purchase sonar equipment for fisheries research by the Ohio DNR for the eastern Lake Erie fishery. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Arenac County Walleye club for fisheries work on Saginaw Bay in Michigan. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Osh Kosh Convention and Visitors Bureau in support of the Lake Winebago fishery in Wisconsin. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Devil's Lake Area Chamber of Commerce in support of the Devil's Lake fishery in South Dakota.
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| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was presented to the Mobridge Chamber of Commerce in South Dakota in support of the Lake Oahe fishery. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was awarded to the Downriver Walleye Federation in support of the fishery of the Detroit River in Michigan. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was awarded to the Spring Valley Walleye Club in Illinois for sauger and walleye stocking of the Illinois River. |
2009: $12,780.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Webster Chamber of Commerce in support of the fishery at Waubay Lake in SouthDakota. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club to improve the Lake Erie fishery of New York. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used to improve boat landings and reduce siltation of Devils Lake in North Dakota. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was presented to Nestegg Marine for fisheries projects in support of the Bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Huron Lagoons Marina and the Ohio DNR to support the eastern Lake Erie fishery. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was presented to the Fontenac Sportsman Club in support of the Lake Pepin fishery in Minnesota. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Mobridge Chamber of Commerce in South Dakota to improve the fishery of Lake Oahe. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Downriver Walleye Federation to improve the fishery of the Detroit River in Michigan. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Spring Valley Walleye Club in Illinois for sauger and walleye stocking of the Illinois River. |
2008: $13,220.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Lighthouse Anglers of Wisconsin to improve the fishery at Lake Winnebago. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was
by the M & M Great Lakes Sport Fisherman's Club to improve the
fishery at the Bay of Green Bay in Wisconsin. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was to the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce and another to the City of Devils Lake in North Dakota. Both grants were to help improve the the Devils Lake fishery. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was given to the Saginaw Bay Walleye Club in Michigan for a walleye conservation project. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used BioMark for an Ohio for a walleye conservation project on Lake Erie. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Spring Valley Walleye Club in Illinois for sauger and walleye stocking of the Illinois River. |
2007: $10,425.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was
used to complete extensive stocking of 2.2 million walleye fry and
taught anglers of importance of conservation and catch and release in Wisconsin. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for a Port Clinton, Ohio walleye conservation project. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Niagara River Anglers Association in New York for a habitat enhancement and river restoration project. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used by the Henderson Harbor Chamber of Commerce in New York conservation project to improve fish habitat and monitor local water quality. |
| A Wildllife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Big Stone Lake Walleye Club in Minnesota to improve their fishery by creating habitat and stocking walleye and perch fry. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was for a Detroit River habitat enhancement project in Michigan
with the Downriver Walleye Federation including river clean up to
increase esthetics and angler usage and by stocking walleye fry. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was
provided to the Spring Valley Walleye Club for stocking 27million
sauger and walleye fry into the Illinois River to enhance the fishing resource. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was given to the Mississippi Valley Walleye Club in Iowa
for a conservation project to enhance fishing access by removing debris
and stocking 2.75 million walleye fry and fingerlings back into the
river. |
2006: $17,827.50 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant provided for the stocking of three million walleye and sauger in the Illinois River plus waterways in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to Southgate Anderson High School's Stream Team restoration project. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Lake Ontario Fisheries Coalition's Cape Vincent Hatchery Facility in New York. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Great Lakes Sport Fisherman walleye conservation in the Bays de Noc of Lake Michigan. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to support the fishery on Devil's Lake in North Dakota by stocking walleye and perch. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Frontenac Sportsman's Club in Minnesota for fisheries conservation efforts. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Falling Rock Walleye Club for fisheries conservation. |
2005: $12,570 In Conservation Grants |
In a collaborative effort with the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Spring Valley Walleye Club
collected eggs from walleye and sauger caught from the Illinois River
during the weekend tournament in March. In 2005, 336 female fish
produced a whopping 38 million eggs. The eggs yielded over 27.5 million
sauger and walleye fry, a very impressive hatch rate of 72%.
10.4
million fry and 354,000 fingerlings were stocked throughout May and
June in the Peoria Pool of the Illinois River near Spring Valley.
Additional fry and fingerlings produced through the MWC event were
stocked in lakes and rivers throughout Illinois by the DNR. Remaining
fingerlings and fry were also stocked across the United States through
cooperative programs between the Illinois DNR and the state fish and
game agencies of neighboring states. |
Wildlife
Forever and the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) are funding
conservation efforts to secure the future of the walleye fishery in Lake
Ontario. The Lake Ontario Fisheries Coalition (LOFC) of Watertown, New
York is working to establish a naturally reproducing population of
walleye in the eastern-most Great Lake. Wildlife Forever supported the
organization’s work with a grant made possible through the contributions
of professional anglers competing in the local 2005 MWC tournament.
In a collaborative
effort with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC), LOFC operates the Cape Vincent Hatchery. LOFC successfully
stocked over 100,000 walleye fingerlings in Lake Ontario from the
hatchery’s six ponds. The partners plan to double the hatchery’s
capacity to 13 ponds in the years ahead.
“Wildlife
Forever has been a proud partner of the North American Fishing Club for
nearly 20 years and the Masters Walleye Circuit’s for over a decade,”
said Wildlife Forever’s President and CEO, Douglas H. Grann. “Our
collaborative efforts with the Lake Ontario Fisheries Coalition
demonstrate that America’s sporting men and women are committed to
ensuring healthy fisheries in addition to great angling opportunities.” |
Walleye
populations in the northwest corner of Lake Michigan received a boost
thanks to a Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) grant made to the M
& M Great Lakes Sport Fisherman of Marinette, Wisconsin in
partnership with Wildlife Forever.
The M & M Great Lakes Sport Fishermen, a grassroots conservation
organization dedicated to improving sport fisheries and public access in
Marinette County, has worked collaboratively with the Wisconsin and
Michigan Departments of Natural Resources (DNR) to stock over 2 million
walleye fingerlings and fry into Lake Michigan and the local Menominee
River.
The MWC grant will
be used by the M & M Great Lakes Sport Fishermen in partnership with
the Michigan DNR to continue walleye stocking efforts in Bay de Noc.
According to
Wildlife Forever’s President & CEO, Douglas H. Grann, “Northern Lake
Michigan from Green Bay in Wisconsin to Bay de Noc in Michigan has
become one of the Midwest’s finest walleye fisheries. Wildlife Forever
is proud to support the successful efforts of sportsmen and women who
not only cherish and enjoy their local resources, but actively conserve
and enhance them for future generations of anglers.” |
2004: $16,340 In Conservation Grants |
The
Spring Valley Walleye Club received a Wildlife Forever/MWC grant in
support of the group’s efforts to stock walleye and sauger and to study
exotic invasive species in the Illinois River.
Thanks
to the cooperative efforts of the Spring Valley Walleye Club and the
Illinois DNR, approximately 10 million fry and 1 million fingerlings
will be stocked in the Illinois River. In addition to the stocking
program, grant dollars will be utilized to research the most effective
methods to control the spread of the Asian and Big Head carp in the
Illinois River and offset the destructive impacts caused by these
foreign fish. |
The Walker Rotary Club
received a Wildlife Forever/MWC grant for restoration of the walleye
population in Leech Lake. The Rotary Club is collaborating with the
Minnesota DNR and the Leech Lake Association to stock walleye
fingerlings and fry into the lake. Biologists from the DNR will use
creel counts and gill net surveys to measure the stocking project’s
success.
According to Doug Grann, President and CEO of
Wildlife Forever, “Leech Lake is a tremendous fishery that receives a
lot of angling pressure. We’re pleased that MWC dollars will be used to
benefit the resource. It’s this ability to “give back” that really sets
MWC apart from other tournament circuits.” |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant
was provided to the Lighthouse Anglers in support of their work to
create artificial reef habitat in Lake Winnebago.
The Lighthouse Anglers are collaborating with
another local conservation group, Walleyes for Tomorrow, to enhance
structure habitat for walleye and other sport fish. The reefs will be
established this summer in the “mud basin” of Lake Winnebago. The
conservation groups will record the reefs’ Global Positioning System
coordinates, aiding volunteers in monitoring the growth of aquatic
vegetation and other habitat improvements. |
2003: $10,495.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used in support of walleye rearing projects for the Bays de Noc. |
Bob
"Kaz" Kazkowski (L) looks on as Pete Wuebker (C) presents Bill Guerinni
(R) of the spring Valleye Walleye Club with a ceremonial check
representing the total funds that Wildlife Forever and the MWC have
invested in the Illinois River at Spring Valley.
The 2003 Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used in
support of the annual sauger and walleye rearing and stocking project
for the Illinois River.
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| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to Cedar Valley Walleye Club for fish stocking projects. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to Fishing Friends Forever for fish stocking on Little Green Lake. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for shoreline improvement projects on Big Stone Lake. |
2002: $11,205.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant
was used in support of raising walleye and sauger fry. Three to five
million fry and fingerlings were released into the Illinois River. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used in support of walleye rearing projects for the Bays de Noc. |
| A Wildlife Forever MWC grant
was provided to the Frontenac Sportsmen's Club is support of walleye
conservation projects at Lake Pepin & the Mississippi River. |
2001: $9,350.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used to provide riprap for 1000 feet of shoreline on the Oconto River. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used in support of walleye rearing projects for the Bays de Noc. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for walleye conservation projects in Big Stone Lake. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant
was used in support of raising walleye and sauger fry. Three to five
million fry and fingerlings were released into the Illinois River. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was provided to the Frontenac Sportsmen's Club for walleye conservation efforts on Lake Pepin. |
2000: $9,440.00 In Conservation Grants |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used in support of walleye rearing projects for the Bays de Noc. |
A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for walleye conservation projects on Big Stone Lake. |
| The Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used to support the annual stocking of walleye and sauger into the Illinois River. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for walleye conservation efforts in the Bay of Green Bay. |
| A Wildlife Forever/MWC grant was used for walleye conservation projects on the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. |
1999: $5,000 In Conservation Grants |
| Wildlife Forever's matching grant was used to support the annual stocking of walleye and sauger into the Illinois River. |
1998: $5,000 In Conservation Grants |
| Wildlife Forever provided a
matching grant to the MWC to again support the feeding and operation
expences of the walleye rearing ponds that Wildlife Forever helped
construct back in 1992. |
1996: $15,000 In Conservation Grants |
| Wildlife Forever once again
provided a matching grant to the MWC in support of walleye and sauger
stocking and research for the Illinois River. |
| Wildlife Forever matched an
MWC grant in support of two walleye rearing ponds near Escanaba,
Michigan. The funds were used for food and other operating expenses. The
rearing ponds produce 300,000 fingerlings annually. |
1995: $10,000.00 In Conservation Grants |
| Wildlife Forever matched an
MWC grant to evaluate the effects of the past five years of walleye and
sauger stocking in the Illinois River. Researchers also evaluated the
effect of a new hydro-electric project on the growth and reproduction of
downstream walleye and sauger. |
| In a unique partnership
involving the MWC, Wildlife Forever, The Spring Valley Walleye Club and
the Illinois DNR, hundreds of thousands of sauger and walleye were
hatched, raised and released into the Illinois River. Fish caught by MWC
anglers were used to provide the milt and eggs for the process, saving
the IL-DNR considerable funds. |
1994: $10,000.00 In Conservation Grants |
| Wildlife Forever matched an MWC grant in support of two walleye rearing ponds near Escanaba, Michigan. |
| Wildlife Forever matched an
MWC grant to raise and release 2.5 million walleye & sauger fry into
the Illinois River. The fish were marked with a "staining" agent to
enable biologists to identify stocked fish and determine the success of
the project. |
1992: $2,500 In Conservation Grants |
| In a three way partnership,
Wildlife Forever joined with the MWC and the FishAmerica Foundation for
the construction and operation of a five acre walleye rearing pond. |
