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• Improvements to Arkansas River will help anglers Play Video

  February 11, 2013 3:59 PM

  There are huge improvements happening to the Arkansas River in Pueblo. We found out why crews are placing large rocks in the river. It's a pretty big project. "It's 7.1 miles," said Pete Gallagher, President of Fin-Up Habitat Consultants. Placing rocks in the river may seem... more »

• You've never seen fish tanks like these!

  August 28, 2012 3:44 PM

  Fish tanks at an aquarium in Japan are turning artsy. The Art Aquarium in downtown Tokyo showcases more than five-thousand gold fish swimming through specially designed tanks. Among the unique tanks, a giant goldfish bowl and a tank that includes a changing digital screen. At night the aquarium... more »

• Drought kills fish in the Midwest

  August 5, 2012 7:43 PM

  Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the sizzling summer dries up rivers and raises water temperatures in some spots to nearly 100 degrees. About 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon were killed in Iowa last week as water temperatures reached 97 degrees. Nebraska fishery officials say they've seen thousands of... more »

• Fish at Lake Pueblo may be worth big money

  May 7, 2012 1:40 PM

  Catching a specially tagged fish at the Pueblo Reservoir could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more. Pueblo Reservoir and Blue Mesa Reservoir in Colorado are part of the "Wanna Fish for Millions?" contest from Cabela's. Colorado is one of 19 states participating in this... more »

• Bucket Biologists endanger wildlife Play Video

  March 20, 2012 5:43 PM

  Moving fish from one lake to another sounds pretty innocent, but it actually causes major problems for local wildlife managers. We looked into the problems surrounding "bucket biologists." Avid fishermen and anglers may have their favorite species, but sometimes, that can cause a problem.. "Some people would like... more »

• Academy wins conservation award

  March 6, 2012 1:40 PM

  The Air Force Academy's Natural Resources department won the 2011 Department of Defense-level Military Installation Partnership Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service created this annual award in 2004 for the military installation that promotes conservation on military lands in the last... more »

• Minnows reintroduced in Arkansas River

  December 12, 2011 12:13 PM

  Two rare minnows are once again swimming in the Arkansas River thanks to pioneering research efforts at the John Mumma Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility. Plains minnows and suckermouth minnows are native species on the Colorado threatened and endangered list. The small minnows were stocked into the Arkansas River above... more »

• Colorado retrieving sport fish from Bonny Lake

  September 23, 2011 8:21 PM

  HALE, Colo. (AP) - Wildlife officials are getting sport fish out of Bonny Lake reservoir as it drains. The eastern Colorado reservoir is being drained to send some 4 billion gallons of water to Nebraska and Kansas under a 1942 agreement among the three states. Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced... more »

• Genetically engineered salmon now on FDA's plate

  September 20, 2010 6:23 AM

  The Food and Drug Administration is starting two days of hearings on whether genetically engineered salmon should be sold in a store near you. If the answer is yes, this type of salmon could become the first genetically engineered animal approved for human consumption. The FDA already has said... more »

• DOW worried about fish introduced at 2 reservoirs

  September 14, 2010 8:45 AM

  The state Division of Wildlife says it is trying to figure out how to manage an influx of nonnative fish species that have been illegally introduced in two western Colorado reservoirs. DOW spokesman Randy Hampton says Rifle Gap in western Colorado had four species of fish in 1974 and... more »

• Colorado receives grant to fight invasive mussels

  August 25, 2010 10:00 AM

  Colorado has been awarded a $124,000 grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to battle invasive mussels. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will use the money to publish a manual outlining procedures to stop the spread of mussels from a waterway that's already contaminated. The manual will be available... more »

• Final grizzly bear in deadly attack caught

  July 30, 2010 9:53 AM

  Montana wildlife officials say they have captured the fourth and final grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park. A sow and two of her three cubs had been trapped by Thursday. The final year-old cub was found... more »

• Pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river

  July 28, 2010 8:56 AM

  Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish. Authorities in Battle Creek and Emmett Township warned residents about the strong odor from the oil,... more »

• Fish falling from the sky

  July 14, 2010 11:07 AM

  John Walsh doesn't fish. In this case, he didn't have to. A 14-inch striped bass landed in his Milton, Massachusetts yard on Monday. "I'd expect it at the beach, but we're a mile and a half, two miles from the ocean," said Walsh. The Walsh family was outside... more »

• Teen catches record carp

  July 1, 2010 6:23 PM

  A 14-year-old Golden resident caught a record 51-pound grass carp while fishing at Prospect Park Lake on June 4. The mammoth carp, caught by Cody Moreland, set a new species state record and ranks as the heaviest fish ever caught in Colorado. Moreland, who regularly fishes the small Jefferson... more »

• Asian carp fears continue in Great Lakes

  June 3, 2010 7:26 PM

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ruled out closing Chicago-area shipping locks on a regular basis. It says doing so wouldn't stop dreaded Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes but could damage the local economy. The Thursday decision dashes the h opes of Michigan and neighboring states... more »

• Diet and exercise keep you sharp into golden years

  June 3, 2010 11:57 AM

  The riches of the golden years are all too often stolen. As we age our chances of being afflicted with dementia go up dramatically and it can creep up on you. "Maybe your memory is not quite as sharp as usual, your problem solving skills are not quite as... more »

• Skunks, badgers enlisted to control pelicans

  April 21, 2010 12:45 PM

  Idaho is enlisting badgers and skunks in its fight against pelicans that are eating too many sport fish and hurting sensitive populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Idaho Department of Fish and Game managers released three badgers and two skunks last week on Gull Island in southeastern Idaho's Blackfoot Reservoir. Last... more »

• So long sardines: U.S.'s last sardine plant closing its doors

  April 14, 2010 10:34 AM

  The last sardine cannery in the U.S. packs its last can tomorrow in Prospect Harbor, Maine. Stinson Seafood has succumbed to the same pressures as other canneries: declining demand triggered by changing tastes, a differing business climate, and stiff competition from overseas. Lela Anderson has worked in sardine canneries since... more »

• Pueblo Fish Hatchery getting national attention

  April 9, 2010 5:11 PM

  Its Walleye spawning season and biologists and employees with the Division of Wildlife in Pueblo have been working overtime for almost a month to produce Walleye. Something different this year though, they are getting national attention for their efforts. A national TV network, the World Fishing Network, featured the... more »

• Conservationist: Colorado sees climate change effects

  February 8, 2010 10:00 AM

  The head of one of the country's largest conservation groups is warning that Colorado is in the "bull's eye of climate change" and says the state's hunters and anglers are seeing firsthand the effects of warmer temperatures. National Wildlife Federation President Larry Schweiger says the bark beetle infestation that has... more »

• Fish oil shows promise in preventing psychosis

  February 2, 2010 12:30 PM

  A preliminary study suggests a cheap, easy-to-find supplement could help young people with signs of mental illness from descending into schizophrenia. More research is needed to determine if fish oil can really prevent the disease. It's cause remains unknown. In the Austrian study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry,... more »

• Even fish can't escape Sunshine State's cold

  January 11, 2010 7:47 AM

  Freakish cold weather continued to grip the South, with snow flurries spotted around Orlando and a record low set for Miami, and forecasters said Sunday that more of the same was expected. About 100,000 tropical fish being raised on a fish farm in South Florida couldn't bear the cold.... more »

• Is orca baby boom a fluke?

  January 10, 2010 8:19 AM

  A little over a year after researchers feared a drop in the Northwest's endangered killer whale population meant disaster, the number of orcas has bounced back with six new babies and no whales lost. Though scientific evidence is skimpy, some whale experts say the good news might be the... more »

• Dieting according to your blood type may help shed pounds

  December 4, 2009 9:59 AM

  Barbara Sakota's been practicing homeopathy for more than 20 years. "It's a way of life, we don't use the four letter D word," she said. She doesn't call it a diet. But for her, part of staying healthy is eating based on her blood type. "I'm... more »

• Group sues to win protection for Colorado River trout

  November 25, 2009 8:43 AM

  An Oregon-based environmental group is suing to gain federal protection for the Colorado River cutthroat trout, found in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., by the Center for Biological Diversity challenges a 2007 decision that kept the fish off the endangered species list. The... more »

• Flesh-eating piranhas found in Florida pond

  November 18, 2009 2:30 PM

  Pythons, parakeets, monitor lizards, monkeys and iguanas. What else can you find in South Florida? How about piranhas. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is alarmed over the discovery a 14 year old boy made in October in a retention pond near West Palm Beach. ... more »

• Endangered fish released in San Juan River

  November 5, 2009 8:50 AM

  The San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico has gotten an infusion of more than 3,000 endangered roundtail chubs. The New Mexico Game and Fish Department announced Wednesday that the fish were released into the river in late October. Roundtail chub were once found throughout the Colorado River basin, including... more »

• Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm

  October 24, 2009 7:24 AM

  Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island. Hawaii Oceanic Technology aims to create an environmentally friendly open ocean farm for bigeye tuna, a favorite source for sushi and sashimi that's overfished in the wild. The state... more »

• Montana stops wolf hunting near Yellowstone

  October 15, 2009 9:26 AM

  Montana wildlife commissioners shut down gray wolf hunting Tuesday in backcountry adjacent to Yellowstone National Park after nine of the predators were killed there in recent weeks. Commissioners, however, kept the statewide kill quota at 75, repeating their belief that the planned harvest would not hurt the overall population... more »

• Greedy dogfish blamed for fishery's problems

  October 13, 2009 8:56 AM

  The sea air isn't all that's salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish. Fishermen consider the small shark, renowned for its stunning appetite, the vermin of the ocean. They say the once-threatened dogfish has rebounded under federal protections to an... more »

• DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped

  October 5, 2009 6:03 PM

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen a $50 million strategy to place a cap of clean material on a vast deposit of DDT and PCBs on the ocean floor off Southern California. Keith Takata, EPA's Superfund director for the region, said Monday the cap will be placed over the... more »

• Woman fried, ate goldfish amid fight with ex

  September 30, 2009 9:34 AM

  Authorities say a Houston-area woman, who was burned up at her former common-law husband, fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them. Pasadena police say it's a civil matter and no charges will be filed. The seven goldfish were purchased together by the couple during happier times. Police spokesman,... more »

• Young angler reels in monster trout

  September 3, 2009 4:16 PM

  He's only nine years old and already Brandon Mellon has earned bragging rights when it comes to fishing. "Most kids don't really get to catch that big of fish," said Brandon. Just over a week ago, Brandon caught the winning fish, a 22.5 pound, 36 inch lake trout... more »