2007 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation - Evening Hole and Lost Creek Restoration Project

Aquatic Education

Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife - Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

Research and Surveys

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Lake Survey Mobile Software and Hardware Project

Honorable Mention Projects

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Chapter of Trout Unlimited - Renovation of Parker Bend Angler Access Facility

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Fishing: Get in the Habitat!

2006 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Strawberry Reservoirs Sport Fish Enhancement Project

Aquatic Education

Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game - Outdoor Skills Program.  A prominent feature of that program was the ongoing mentoring of kids

Research and Surveys

Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game - stock assessment and management of Stikine River chinook salmon

Honorable Mention Project

Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources - restoration of American and hickory shad in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

 

2005 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Laurel Bed Lake Restoration

Research and Surveys

Lake Michigan Technical Committee, Salmonid Working Group - A multi-agency collaboration to evaluate Chinook salmon management in Lake Michigan

Aquatic Education

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission – Kids’ Fishing Clinics

Honorable Mention Project

Lake Michigan Committee, Yellow Perch Task Group – A multi-agency research initiative to identify likely causes for yellow perch recruitment failure in Lake Michigan

 

2004 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

Kentucky Dept. Fish and Wildlife Resources – Cedar Creek Lake Development Project

Research and Surveys

Maryland DNR – Investigation of Striped Bass in Chesapeake Bay

Idaho Fish and Game – Sterile Fish Program

Aquatic Education

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission – Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

Honorable Mention Project

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Fisheries Resources Monitoring Enhancement Project

 

2003 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

Wisconsin DNR - Baraboo River Dam Removal and Restoration Project

Research and Surveys

Mississippi DNR – Investigation of larval and juvenile fishes that utilize Sargassum and oceanic frontal zones as essential fish habitat in Mississippi marine waters and the northern Gulf of Mexico

Aquatic Education

New Hampshire Fish and Game Dept. – New Hampshire’s Aquatic Resource Education Program

 

2002 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management/Aquatic Education

Missouri Department of Conservation - Lost Valley Hatchery Visitor Center and Kids Fishing
Pond

Research and Surveys

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida Marine Research Institute - Health Monitoring of Florida’s Marine Sport Fish

Honorable Mention Project

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - The Lake Macbride Restoration Project

 

2001 Sportfish Restoration Awards

Sport Fishery Development and Management

California Department of Fish and Game – North Coast Region-Habitat Improvement

Research and Surveys

Missouri Department of Conservation – Restoration and Enhancement of the Lake Taneycomo Trout Fishery

Aquatic Education

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources – South Carolina Reel Kids

Honorable Mention Projects

Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources

1. Reconstruction of depression era sugar cane cargo pier as a conversion top public fishing
2. Reconstruction of a largemouth bass hatchery to provide a stable source of fingerlings which are required to support a fishery