They worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation to commercially fish in the Platte ... and he suspects the fish use the river as a nursery. He said that the species does not have many ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Big Creek and St. Francis River crayfish as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also designated 2,112 river miles of ...

As open water fishing on the Missouri River picks up during the spring bite, anglers should note that the drain plug must ...

In 2010 we filed a scientific petition with the U.S. Fish and ... the Endangered Species Act, including hellbenders. Thanks to our work, the Service granted Ozark hellbenders endangered status in 2011 ...

A trial judge last August gave the federal agency 12 months to complete a long-delayed ESA listing decision for the fish’s Upper Missouri River population. Earlier this month, the Fish and Wildlife ...

Missouri’s official state aquatic animal is a giant, prehistoric fish whose ancestors swam during the time of dinosaurs.