All about us
A partnership to benefit schools, kids
Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish got its start in 2002 as a cooperative effort to spread the word on fisheries biology and ongoing studies of native fish species in Montana's Missouri River, below Fort Peck Dam, and North Dakota's stretch of the Missouri, above Lake Sakakawea. In 2006, we added the lower reaches of the Yellowtone River in Montana to track additional species fitted with radios, hence the name change to Missouri-Yellowstone Adopt-A-Fish.
It's totally an educational effort aimed at schools -- both big and small.
To us, it's all about biology and kids. There are no political agendas here. We leave politics to the politicians.
Ongoing and future studies on the Missouri River are being funded by federal dollars and personnel from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. State dollars and personnel came from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Web space and page-building from private organizations like Montana PikeMasters and Walleyes Forever also helped spearhead the project. Coming on as a partner in this project, as well, was the Billings Gazette which is helping us to further publicize Missouri-Yellowstone Adopt-A-Fish across Eastern Montana.
As with any volunteer effort, there are many people who need to be thanked for their unselfish contributions to the project's success. Among them are:
- Fisheries biologists and technicians:
- Dave Fuller, FWP
- Matt Jaeger, FWP
- Nate McClenning, FWP
- Pat Braaten, USGS
- Wade King, USFWS
- Ryan Wilson, USFWS
- Matt Baxter, FWP
- William Waller, FWP
- Dave Yerk, FWP
- Mike Ruggles, FWP
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
- Bill Miller, COE, Omaha
- Rebecca Latka, COE, Omaha
- John Daggett, COE, Fort Peck
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
- Steve Krentz, Bismarck
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks:
- Chris Hunter, FWP, Helena
- Tom Palmer, FWP, Helena
- Dave Hagengruber, FWP, Helena
- Bill Wiedenheft, FWP, Glasgow
- Billings Gazette:
- Michael Gulledge, publisher
- Steve Prosinski, editor
- Chris Cast, Gazette Online
- Patrick Williams, Gazette Online
- Walleyes Forever:
- Nate McClenning, president
- Jerry Richardson, vice-president
- Carol Henckel, secretary
- Linda Granholm, treasurer
- Montana PikeMasters:
- Tom Reiter, president
- Clay Buckmiller, vice-president
- Peggy Lawver, secretary
- Joe Stenglein, treasurer
- Bob Rausch, past president
- Illustrations:
- John Potter
- Joe Tomelleri
- Rich Stevenson
- Other sources:
- A Field Guide to Montana Fishes, by George D. Holton and Howard E. Johnson
- Fish of Montana CD, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- FortPeckDam.com, by Rafe Sigmundstad
- Photos from Montana Chapter, American Fisheries Society
- Writing and Web design:
- Mark Henckel, Billings Gazette, Walleyes Forever, Montana PikeMasters
Photo copyright, 2002, by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Copyright, 2002-08
Montana PikeMasters
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
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