Fish population surveys help improve Fort McCoy’s fisheries management [Image 35 of 35]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

04.25.2019

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                  

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Some of the fish caught in nets at Stillwell Lake at Fort McCoy, Wis., on April 25, 2019, for a fish survey are shown in a live well inside a boat that watershed management biologists were operating on the lake. Wildlife biologists conducted fish surveys and lakes and ponds at Fort McCoy in late April and early May. The fish surveys, according to Fisheries Biologist John Noble with the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch, are necessary to determine the health of the installation’s many waterways. The surveys produce data that are critical for fisheries management. Surveys include electrofishing streams and netting and electrofishing lakes and ponds. Much care is taken to ensure the fish are not harmed. Fish caught included walleye, bluegills, bass, pumpkinseed, crappies, and more. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 04.25.2019
• Date Posted: 05.22.2019 16:34
• Photo ID: 5389646
• VIRIN: 190425-A-OK556-1973
• Resolution: 6000x4000
• Size: 3.94 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US