by jason_admin | Apr 21, 2022 | Advocacy, FOLS Board of Directors, Friends of Lake Sakakawea
The Friends of Lake Sakakawea has elected a new treasurer and welcomes two new directors to its board. Longtime director and treasurer Marie Johnson recently stepped down to spend more time enjoying retirement, including wintering in Arizona. The FOLS Executive...
by jason_admin | Apr 8, 2022 | Access, Corps of Engineers, Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, Recreation
Senator John Hoeven met last month with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address maintenance and upkeep needs at recreation sites around Lake Sakakawea. “Federal funding has been inadequate to meet basic maintenance needs,” said Terry Fleck, chairman of...
by jason_admin | Apr 1, 2022 | Access, Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS), Friends of Lake Sakakawea, N.D. Game & Fish Department
Friends of Lake Sakakawea Chairman Terry Fleck, along with Jeff Herman and Rich Brueckner of the North Dakota Sportsfishing Congress, met on March 9 with North Dakota Game & Fish Department Director Jeb Williams. The meeting focused on the state’s actions...
by jason_admin | Jul 8, 2021 | FOLS Board of Directors, Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Lake Sakakawea
Bob Valeu really was present at the creation of the Friends of Lake Sakakawea. As state director for U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan from 1993 through 2008, Valeu was deeply engaged on water policy and economic development issues. “I was working on behalf of Senator...
by jason_admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, Recreation
(Source: Associated Press & Minot Daily News) — After overseeing the production of more than 245 million walleye and bringing back pallid sturgeon from the brink of extinction in the Missouri River system, Rob Holm, Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery manager, has...
by jason_admin | May 18, 2021 | Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS), Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Lake Sakakawea, N.D. Game & Fish Department, Recreation, Water
(Source: North Dakota Game & Fish Department) — North Dakota has seen an increase in aquatic nuisance species in the last decade, yet the state remains in pretty good shape with the low number of waterbodies with invasive species. Even so, public awareness...
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