GLASGOW, Mont. (NMB) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced that the Region 6 Fort Peck Reservoir Fisheries Management and Multispecies Fish Hatchery teams have been awarded the 2020 “Outstanding Public Service and Sport Fish Project – Team of the Year Award.”
Heath Headley, Jeff Remus and Bill Viste are the members of the Fisheries Management team, while Wade Geraets, Ryan Lott, Matt Baxter and BJ Erickson make up the Fish Hatchery team.
The two crews are independent teams, as the fisheries management crew is part of Region 6 management, while the Hatchery crew is managed out of Helena. Both of these crews work towards producing the highest quality fishery in Fort Peck Reservoir.
Region 6 Fisheries Manager Steve Dalbey says, “they are the staff out there in all types of weather and at all hours of the day to produce walleye and Chinook salmon eggs for the state of Montana and beyond. They have consistently exceeded expectations collecting and raising record numbers of walleye and Chinook eggs for stocking back into Fort Peck Reservoir and other waters across Montana. The coordination between these two teams deserves this special acknowledgment.”
