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Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office

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For official information, go to fws.gov/office/lower-great-lakes-fish-and-wildlife-conservation

The Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (LGLFWCO), opened in August 1991, was established by the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to support and encourage the restoration, protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the fishery resources of the international (lower) Great Lakes. Located in Basom, NY, the LGLFWCO seeks to provide quality technical assistance to resource management agencies and the public for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of interjurisdictional and international natural resources. The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, reauthorized in 1998, guides the activities of the office and outlines the following goals for the Great Lakes basin:
- Restore and maintain self-sustaining fishery resource populations
- Minimize the impacts of contaminants on fish and wildlife populations
- Protect, maintain, and where degraded and destroyed, restore fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain of those habitats
- Stop illegal activities adversely impacting fish and wildlife resource
- Restore threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels
- Protect, manage, and conserve migratory birds

The Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office along with the Allegheny, Harrison Lake, and White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatcheries, and the Virginia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office form the Lower Great Lakes and Central Rivers Complex. Together these offices offer unique expertise and technical assistance to state, federal, and tribal partners in managing aquatic species and their habitats in the Great Lakes and North Atlantic-Appalachian regions of the U.S. Geographically, the bi-national significance of the lower Great Lakes also offers unique opportunities and challenges to reach beyond traditional state and federal partners to Canadian provincial and federal government agencies. The LGLFWCO recognizes the value and necessity of partnership, and hopes that by working together, we can foster a healthy diversity of fish and wildlife and their habitats in the Lower Great Lakes.

10/27/2026

Get to know the Chesapeake Logperch: a cigar-shaped fish with a button nose for flipping rocks and an interesting story. Bonus: a deep dive into the Endangered Species Act species status assessment process. Our guests are Dr. Jay Stauffer (Penn State Distinguished Professor), Steve Davis (Lead Fish Culturalist at our Northeast Fisheries Center), and Richard Novak (Biologist at our Pennsylvania Field Office). We hope you enjoy!

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10/21/2026

✨Leave the Leaves🍂
Some advice from our friends at NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Many beneficial insects—including bees, butterflies, and lightning bugs—and amphibians spend the winter sheltered under leaf litter. Some insects even use leaves to create their cocoons, such as the luna moth, and many native bees spend the winter nestled inside plant stems. To provide a home for native species and attract birds and other wildlife to your yard:

* Avoid mulching leaves where possible or mulch the leaves in the center of your lawn to promote lawn health and keep leaves whole along the edges for insects and amphibians;
* Wait until next spring after the threat of frost is past to cut or remove dead flower and plant stems;
* Leave rocks and logs to create habitat for frogs and salamanders; and
* Consider raking leaves into areas near trees (but not against the bark), into garden beds for winter cover, or into a designated leaf pile on your property.

(Photo credit: Denise Clay/USFWS)

10/19/2026

📣Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge is looking for a Maintenance Worker!!📣
The position is open 10/19/2026 to 10/30/2026. Check out https://www.usajobs.gov/job/889213000 for more details.

You will serve as a Maintenance Worker with the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 5, Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Basom, NY You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.

10/13/2026

FISH OF THE WEEK! Get to know the Grass Carp, a behemoth of a vegetarian with its very own "coming to America" story. Katrina and Guy delve into how it's situated on the fish family tree, compare and contrast it with other invasive carp and goldfish, and unveil the latest fan mail requests. Listen at https://player.captivate.fm/episode/034f7037-bdec-4bac-a668-f9f3cbdcb354 or wherever you get your podcasts.

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10/06/2026

This week's fish of the week - the Georgia Piedmont, the Yellowfin Shiner! Learn all about the color-popping spawning habits of Yellowfins and other species in the Hydrophlox genus, their association with nest-building species like Bluehead Chubs and stonerollers, and where to spot them. Listen at https://player.captivate.fm/episode/7f2f725d-dd09-4311-90fd-2b709f5fb9b9 or wherever you get podcasts!

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10/05/2026

FROM THE FIELD: Here, our bio tech Madison is holding a 64 pound triploid grass carp captured in Presque Isle Bay in September. Invasive species crews caught 5 fish that trip, and this was the biggest catch for our team, to date!! Gladly, all were fish collected were triploid--meaning they are unable to reproduce in the wild.

The second photo shows Madison and Alexa with two triploid grass carp captured in Irondequoit Bay in back in July. Now that's a lot of fish!!

10/03/2026

Last weekend, our office collaborated with U.S. Army Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division to host a free fishing clinic for soldiers and their families at Re*****on Pond. We're proud of our seasonal biological technician Sienna Petrino, for proposing this idea and making it happen! We always enjoy giving back to our veterans. Check out https://www.dvidshub.net/news/575808/angling-fun-free-fishing-clinic-connects-community-members-with-outdoor-opportunities to learn more about the event.

Community members take advantage of a crisp autumn morning to learn a new hobby or practice a familiar one, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a free fishing clinic Sept. 27, 2026, at Re*****on Pond at Fort Drum, New York. At the USFWS booth, people could learn more about outdoor recreatio...

10/02/2026

Just in case you didn't get enough lake sturgeon in your feed, here is short clip of Wednesday's sturgeon stocking on Cattaraugus Creek! See video at https://www.wgrz.com/video/news/local/dec-stock-lake-sturgeon-in-cattaraugus-creek/71-8055424b-dd50-47ce-b117-39b7bd5b1a8c.

DEC stock Lake Sturgeon in Cattaraugus Creek

10/02/2026

Join NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to watch the release of 1,500 lake sturgeon fingerlings into the Genesee River, observe the young fingerlings, and speak with DEC staff about the importance of lake sturgeon in New York State waters.

DEC partners on stocking with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) USFWS Conserving New York field office which collected the eggs and transferred them to Genoa National Fish Hatchery and Great River Road Interpretive Center. At the hatchery, they were raised to their current size and transported back to New York to be stocked into several waters, including the Genesee River.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 8 Bureau of Fisheries today announced stocking of lake sturgeon in the Genesee River at the Port of Rochester, 4630 Lake Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County on October 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

09/16/2026

✨While our field crews were in Presque Isle, PA earlier this summer, they collected this sunfish during a survey. Any guesses on what kind of fish it is? 🐟

Address

1101 Casey Road
Basom, NY
14013

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+15859485445

Website

https://www.fws.gov/office/lower-great-lakes-fish-and-wildlife-conservation

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