Water Quality
Researching and Restoring West Virginia’s Declining Brook Trout Population
West Virginia’s native brook trout populations are struggling. A collaboration between the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources and...
Milwaukee River Watershed Conservation Partnership
The Milwaukee River—a major tributary to Lake Michigan—provides clean drinking water for more than one million people. But excessive...
Supporting Matorka's Sustainable Expansion
Icelandic seafood producer Matorka has been growing Arctic char since 2010. As the company aspired to expand to grow...
Increased Research Capacity at New Aquaculture Research Laboratory
For 30 years, The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute has led the way in the development of land-based recirculating aquaculture...
Seafood's "40 under 40": John Davidson
John Davidson is a senior research associate at the Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute. Since 1998, John has conducted research...
Supporting Sustainable Fish Farming with Marine Harvest
For three decades, The Freshwater Institute has conducted research to develop and improve technologies that make fish cultivation a...
CtrlAQUA Research Center and The Freshwater Institute
The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, a recognized expert in the technology and design of aquaculture systems, is participating in...
Reviving a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
Runoff of nutrients from farmland in the Mississippi River Watershed is contributing to a hypoxic zone, or “dead zone,”...
Creating a Catch for Maryland Anglers
Every year thousands of anglers cast a line into Maryland’s waters in hope of catching a variety of sport...
Woodchip Bioreactor Research
The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, supported by a USDA-ARS cooperative agreement, performed pilot research on the adaptation of an...
Fish Hatchery Water Reuse Evaluation – Chelan County, WA
The Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) in Washington State produces over four million juvenile anadromous and resident Pacific...
Hatchery Planning and Partial Water Reuse System Design
White River NFH participates in the stock mitigation and reestablishment of Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River watershed.
An...
Improving the Sustainability of Land-Based Closed-Containment Systems
Research at The Freshwater Institute focuses on developing and improving technologies to enhance the sustainability of the modern fish...
Land-Based Closed-Containment Aquaculture with the Atlantic Salmon Federation
In 2011 two conservation organizations came to the same understanding, an idea formed probably while fishing where the best...
Pacific Salmon Restoration Program Planning
The Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) rears Pacific salmon and steelhead associated with the Upper Columbia River as...
Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Design
The National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center (NCWMAC) is a new research facility established by USDA ARS to improve...
Trout Hatchery Planning, Design, and Construction
A new hatchery was designed and constructed for the Rolling Rock Club that consolidated fish culture activities into one...
Conservation Priority Mapping in West Virginia
West Virginia Conservation Action Plan
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) developed the WVCAP as a framework to...
Development of Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture Production Systems
A Cooperative Agreement funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
Downloadable case study — PDF
Challenge
U.S. consumers...
West Virginia Tributary Strategies for Chesapeake Bay Restoration
While the Chesapeake Bay has played important roles in our nation’s heritage, the current impacts of pollution have created...
Saginaw Bay Watershed Initative Network
The largest watershed in Michigan, Saginaw Bay is located between the thumb and forefinger of Michigan’s “mitten” on the...
Potomac Valley Audubon Society Watershed Education Initiative
Freshwater Institute staff assisted with the “Watershed Education Initiative,” an environmental education program offered by the Potomac Valley Audubon...
Green Infrastructure Plan for Nashville
Located in Davidson County, Tennessee, Nashville is a uniquely beautiful place, defined by the wide and winding Cumberland River...
Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative
As the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina continues to grow, development threatens to cover valuable land in the Upper...
Lake Michigan Beach Clean Up Goes to the Dogs
The white-sand beaches and charming Lake Michigan communities in southwest Michigan known as Harbor Country are popular weekend getaway...
Lindsay Street Park
The English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods lie in the shadow of downtown Atlanta, less than a mile from...
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park will be The Conservation Fund’s third Park With Purpose built in Atlanta in partnership with...
Marlborough: Nature + Play
In the 1930s, the Marlborough community in south-central Kansas City, Missouri, was booming. New housing developments, schools and a...
Walnut Creek Wetland Community Partnership, Raleigh
The Walnut Creek Wetland Community Partnership provides a communication hub for residents, community stakeholders, and academic and government leaders to collaborate on sustainable...
Baltimore, Garrett Park Revitalization
Garrett Park is a hidden gem of greenspace nestled in the heart of the South Baltimore neighborhood of Brooklyn. This...
