By Liz Holbrook
Mar 12, 2021 2:17 PM
RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) Walleye populations have shown signs of recovery on a couple of Forest and Florence County lakes.
The Wisconsin DNR attributes the recovery to a black bullhead removal project. Greg Matzke is a DNR Fisheries Biologist based in Florence and Forest Counties. He tells WXPR Radio the bullhead removal project was started in 2008 on Lake Metonga by the Sokaogon Chippewa Community fishery.
Mike Pruel started it by removing 32-thousand black bullheads from the lake. “So when we look at the differences for pre and post removal during the non stocked years where it’s all naturally reproduced fish. We went from just three per mile to an average of 45 per mile, more than double that benchmark I’ve been talking about.
Forest and Florence County Walleye Recovery
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UW-Stevens Point Extension Lakes to hold Wisconsin Water Week conference By Liz Holbrook
Mar 5, 2021 4:50 PM
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) â If youâve ever had questions regarding the water in Wisconsin, you can expect those questions to be answered during a week-long virtual conference.
Starting on Monday the 2021 Wisconsin Water Week conference will begin at 8 a.m. with a welcoming session. The conference, titled as âNavigating in Turbulent Timesâ will be held online with nearly 300 researchers, managers, and educators sharing numerous ideas and topics regarding water in Wisconsin.
The conference is being put on by the UW-Stevens Point Extension Lakes. Usually, around this time of year, the Extension Lakes holds a lakes and rivers convention. But with the pandemic, ongoing Director Eric Olson says the Extension began planning an online version of the convention in June to accommodate a wide variety of water-related topics.