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Visitors to Indiana state parks and reservoirs will see some changes in user fees in 2013, but the daily entrance rate of $5 will remain the same.
Our goal, as always, is to provide the best state parks and facilities we can for our visitors, DNR director Rob Carter said. Weve made minor fee adjustments in the past to keep pace with the costs of meeting that goal. Its now time to make a few additional changes, while also keeping in mind family budgets and the economic challenges Hoosiers are facing.
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A virus was responsible for a fish kill at Brookville Lake in southern Indiana this fall that killed hundreds, if not thousands, of common carp, according to the Indiana DNR.
The virus, known as koi herpes virus (KHV), showed up in examinations of carp that were collected from the lake and sent to the Purdue University Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory for testing.
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In summer 2013, about 5,000 catfish will earn release from federal prison in Terre Haute.
Thats right, catfish.
In a partnership between the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates at Terre Hautes Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) will raise channel catfish for DNRs new urban fishing program and walleyes for selected northern Indiana lakes.
The cooperative project serves two purposesincreasing fishing opportunities for Indiana anglers and providing education and long-term training for inmates.
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Indiana Conservation Officers will extend their Central Dispatch Center to a 24-hour operation beginning Oct. 29 to maintain radio contact with Conservation Officers across the state.
The Central Dispatch Center currently operates daily from 7 a.m. to midnight. The 24-hour operation will begin at midnight Oct. 29. Central Dispatch is located at Paynetown State Recreation Area on Monroe Lake near Bloomington.
Maj. Michael Portteus said, For the first time in the history of the DNR Law Enforcement Division, Indiana Conservation Officers may be contacted 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 1-812-837-9536.
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Indiana Conservation Officers issued several citations over the weekend for various misdemeanor fishing violations.
Bruce Sebastyen of Hammond, Ind. and Zachary Myers of Cedar Lake, Ind. were both cited for fishing within 100' of the Linde dam on the Little Calumet River. Sebastyen and Myers were also cited for possessing a gaff hook. Gaff hooks are illegal to possess on or adjacent to Lake Michigan tributaries.
Illinois residents Stanislaw Janik, Marian Janik, and Peter Janik were issued citations for fishing by illegal methods. The three men were netting trout and salmon in Salt Creek in Valparaiso, Ind.