Wednesday Win: Walleye

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March 20, 2013

WalleyeEatingMinnow-1024x676_yes_courtesy_outdoor_Nebraska — Photo courtesy Outdoor Nebraska.

This week’s Wednesday Win comes courtesy of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Watch out, there’s math involved!

Wild, female walleye will typically lay their eggs in a rocky area during the night, secreting upwards of 300,00 eggs. Although females produce eggs in abundant numbers, less that five percent of their young successfully hatch. If only five percent of the 300,000 eggs survive, how many walleye does that leave?

Send your answers to info@trcp.org or post a comment on the TRCP Blog by Friday to be entered to win.

4 Responses to “Wednesday Win: Walleye”

Veronica March 22, 2013

Only 15,000 eggs will successfully hatch.

March 22, 2013 at 5:17 pm

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- Christen Duxbury March 25, 2013
  
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Missy Harper March 22, 2013

15000

March 22, 2013 at 6:53 pm

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Jay Helfrich March 22, 2013

15,000 fry hatch.

March 22, 2013 at 10:08 pm

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by: Christen Duxbury

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March 17, 2013

Invasive Species in the Great Lakes

Did you know that one of the most serious threats to America’s outdoor heritage is invasive species? Nowhere is that threat more evident than in our own Great Lakes. Learn more.

Biologists and longtime sportsmen have seen firsthand the devastating effects of invasive species such as the sea lamprey eel, zebra mussels and Asian carp.
By wreaking havoc on equipment and on fishing and hunting, invasive species cost the American public $137 billion per year.
Hunters and anglers unintentionally spread invasive species from one body of water to another through boats, boots or other gear.

by: Christen Duxbury

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March 15, 2013

History of the American Wild Turkey

The wild turkey has been a staple of American tradition since the 1500s, but its survival has not always been certain.

Native only to North and Central America, the wild turkey was discovered by Europeans in Mexico in the early 1500s.

By the 1930s, the wild turkey population was at less than 30,000 birds; a victim of market hunting, subsistence hunting and widespread habitat destruction.

Over the next 50 years, state wildlife agencies funded by hunters’ dollars and working with the National Wild Turkey Federation, captured more than 200,000 wild turkeys and released them in quality wild turkey habitat.

Today there are more than 7 million wild turkeys roaming the woodlands and river-bottoms across the country.

by: Christen Duxbury

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Habitat Management Strategies for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Steven Rinella emphasizes the value of undeveloped winter range for Sitka black-tailed deer in southeastern Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

• Created by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres.

• Safeguarding the last remaining undeveloped forests in the Tongass National Forest is key to maintaining the region’s high deer populations and high quality hunting.

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture and others are working to transition the traditional southeast Alaska economy so public lands management benefits both people and wildlife.

• The proposed “Sealaska” legislation could end public ownership and access on more than 70,000 acres of the highest quality national forest lands in southeast Alaska.

by: Christen Duxbury

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Video: Future of the Farm Bill

Ducks Unlimited’s governmental affairs staff sit down to discuss the future of the Farm Bill with Rep. Kristi Noem (SD) and Rep. Tim Walz (MN). Watch the video below to find out where conservation, commerce and our sporting trations fit in.