This is what the National Fish Habitat Action Plan is all about — locally-driven efforts that build private and public partnerships to improve fish habitat.
Fish Habitat Action Plan partnerships are self-identified, self-organized, and self-directed communities of interest formed around geographic areas, keystone species, or system types.
These 10 Waters to Watch bring together community groups, non-profit organizations, local watershed groups, Native American tribes and state and federal agencies to plant stream-side vegetation, remove structures blocking fish from accessing habitat and protect rivers from the effects of agriculture runoff. The idea is to provide clean water and robust, healthy habitats for the many fish and wildlife species and people who call these areas home.
Flint River, Georgia 10 "Waters to Watch" Project Featured on WALB-TV News 10
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - A conservation group named The Flint River the second most endangered river in the nation earlier this year.
Now the National Fish Habitat Action Plan calls it one of the top ten "Waters to Watch."
Those designations could bring more funding for key habitat protection and restoration projects to keep the Flint River flowing and healthy in the future.
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Tuesday June 9, 2009 Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Robert Casey (D-PA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Bernie Sanders (ID-VT) introduced the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2009, a comprehensive strategy to support and fund for effective conservation of our national waterways and the fisheries associated with them.
2008 National Fish Habitat Action Plan Recap and Update
U.S. House Committee Holds Critical Hearing on National Fish Habitat Legislation
The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), held a legislative hearing on the following bills on Tuesday June 16th:
• H.R. 2055 (M. Thompson): To establish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to protect wild Pacific salmon, and for other purposes. "Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009"
• H.R. 2565 (Kind): To conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other purposes. "National Fish Habitat Conservation Act"
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2009 Introduced in Congress
Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI-3rd) Wisconsin, introduced the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2009, a comprehensive strategy to allocate conservation dollars for effective restoration of our national waterways on Friday May 22, 2009.
The National Fish Habitat Conservation Act was introduced to conserve the United States fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other purposes. The 2009 House version, mirrors the 2008 version of the bill that was introduced by Congressman Kind and co-sponsored by now-retired Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD-1st).
These 10 Waters to Watch bring together community groups, non-profit organizations, local watershed groups, Native American tribes and state and federal agencies to plant stream-side vegetation, remove structures blocking fish from accessing habitat and protect rivers from the effects of agriculture runoff. The idea is to provide clean water and robust, healthy habitats for the many fish and wildlife species and people who call these areas home.
