Photo Essay: Fish population surveys help improve Fort McCoy’s fisheries management

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Watershed management biologist Derek Maki and Josh Jonet, also a watershed management biologist with Colorado State University, conduct a fish survey April 25, 2019, at Stillwell Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Maki and Jonet 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.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

05.22.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Watershed management biologist Derek Maki and Josh Jonet, also a watershed management biologist with Colorado State University, conducted a fish survey April 25, 2019, at Stillwell Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Maki and Jonet 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.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 05.22.2019
• Date Posted: 05.22.2019 16:34
• Story ID: 323561
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US