Alexandria
VA- April 9, 2015 – This month, the FishAmerica
Foundation, the sportfishing industry’s fisheries
conservation and habitat restoration foundation, launched a brand-new version
of its website, www.FishAmerica.org. The new site features extensive
content highlighting the foundation’s community-based, nationwide partnerships
that seek to improve habitat for a multitude of fish species.
For
example, on the West coast, the foundation provided funding to Wasco County
Soil and Water Conservation District which helped restore a portion of
riverfront in The Dalles, Oregon. Restoration
consisted of mechanically removing all invasive trees and shrubs in a 40 acre
section of the park and restoring it to native vegetation. Sportfish
that benefited from this project include Steelhead, Chinook salmon, Sockeye
salmon, White sturgeon, American shad, Smallmouth bass, Channel catfish,
Walleye, Northern pikeminnow and carp.
On the
East coast, the foundation helped support the removal of Lassiter Mill Dam
located on the Uwharrie River in Asheboro, N. C. The Uwharrie River is flowing unimpeded for approximately 15
more miles since the remains of the dam were successfully removed. Opening up
this section of mainstream river habitat makes a total of 174 miles of
perennial stream habitat on the Uwharrie River.
That’s an important benefit for the migratory American shad to make their
journey from the ocean to the upstream waters of the Uwharrie
River to spawn. Other sportfish that benefited from
this project include Striped bass, Hickory shad, Roanoke bass, Smallmouth bass,
Largemouth bass, Black crappie and Blue gill.
The new
website provides social media integration and offers secure online giving
options. A new giving program that FishAmerica is
proud to announce is its affiliation with AmazonSmile
which allows Amazon shoppers to support FishAmerica
at no additional cost. The FishAmerica Foundation is
now listed as a charity-to-support on Amazon’s site. Go to www.smile.amazon.com for more information.
“We are
very proud of the new website and hope it serves as an informative resource for
everyone to learn more about how the FishAmerica
Foundation seeks to improve sportfishing
opportunities and ensure fishing’s future”, said American Sportfishing
Association Vice President Diane Carpenter. “Our goal in launching this new
website is to provide a content-rich site experience that features the many
volunteers and community members that make our work a success.”
“I’m very
pleased with the new ‘face’ of our foundation,” said FishAmerica’s
Grants Manager Ruth Jackson. “So many people in so many communities are doing
great work to support conserving our nation’s fisheries and we wanted to
highlight that work, as well as offer donors a new way to support the
foundation.”
The FishAmerica Foundation leverages matching funds and
volunteer support to improve sportfishing
opportunities and habitat conservation nationally. Since 1983, the foundation
has awarded $12.1 million to 1,007 projects to enhance fish populations,
restore fisheries habitat, improve water quality and advance fisheries research
to improve sportfishing opportunities and help ensure
fishing’s future.
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