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Home→Published 2021 → February

Monthly Archives: February 2021

Mussel Recovery: planning during uncertainty

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

If you’ve been reading the newsletter for a while, you’re aware of the cycle of the year. Winter is for managing data and making plans, while spring is for preparation, summer is busy with hands on work with the mussels … Continue reading →

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Brook Trout Come Full Circle Back to Genoa

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

The newest additions to Genoa National Fish Hatchery arrived on station in January. About 50,000 fertilized Brook Trout eggs were sent from our sister hatchery at Iron River. Hatching began almost immediately upon arrival in mid-January and all the fry … Continue reading →

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A new season of Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly culture begins.

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

    A few weeks before the New Year, a batch of Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly eggs arrived on station at Genoa NFH. This new cohort, approximately 1000 eggs collected from 6 females, are part of a collaborative captive rearing effort … Continue reading →

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Sturgeon return to the Saginaw Bay Watershed

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

An exciting offshoot of the Genoa National Fish Hatchery (GNFH) role in the Maumee River (OH) Lake Sturgeon restoration work is to be able to contribute fish to Michigan’s Lake Huron basin restoration program in cooperation with the Michigan DNR. … Continue reading →

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Partners from Canada assist National Fish Hatchery system with Lake Trout Future Broodstock

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s Chatsworth and Normandale Fish Culture Stations staff(left) Riley Hotrum and (right) Steffi Krauseholding an adult lake trout. Riley is a technician with the Upper Great Lakes Management Unit, and Steffi isChatsworth Fish Culture … Continue reading →

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Moving on to Greener Pastures

Posted on February 8, 2021 by KenVisger

                      Angela Baran Dagendesh, Genoa (WI) National Fish Hatchery’s assistant project leader, has accepted a new position in the Washington office within our Refuge Branch. Angela will be a Facility … Continue reading →

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