VA Bob Jenkins Video Roanoke River

http://www.fox2127.c...&autostart=true

Here is a nice video that Ed Scott linked me too. It shows Bob Jenkins, Bob's son, Steve Powers and Ciara Simms. Bob was the keynote speaker in Virginia and i remember meeting Steve. It shows several species in viewing tanks, seining techniques, a Chub nest discussion and very clear water. They needed someone below the surface filming! I gotta get back up that way. A Roanoke Logperch beckons.
Nice video.

We're on a roll for well-done local TV news pieces on local stream fishes, I'm impressed.

Yes we are...
Here in TN we have a program called Tennessee Wildside, which is produced by TWRA. It is a PBS program that is 30 minutes long and has several short stories of interest in each episode. It seems like about 1 out of 3 episodes will have something about our waters be it Hellbenders, Brook Trout or water bugs. Surely other states have such programs. ? Alabama?
A few weeks ago they featured a crew from Nashville monitoring Hellbenders for a project at the Nashville Zoo. Here in Chattanooga, our zoo is also doing a project, trying to witness breeding Hellbenders in an indoor artificial stream.
I think that Nashville gang was at the Hiwassee. The site was not mentioned but the 411 bridge overhead sure looked familiar. If so those Hellbenders are being caught and released a LOT. I wonder how many different groups go there.

It is good to see our natives live on TV.

That is AWESOME! And what a coincidence. I was just talking to Mike Pinder (VDGIF, some of you may remember him from last year's convention also) this morning and he is leading that reporter on a snorkeling trip to see the Roanoke Logperch. Too bad they didn't get any of them into the video, but I snorkeled with P. rex last week and they are presenting some of the video I took to the reporter. That video, and hopefully a nice little trip report, may be posted up here later today. Great segment! Thanks for posting!

Casper, Alabama PBS has a show called "Discovering Alabama" which has some cool stuff. One of their episodes was about the Flint River, and they showed Acuff Spring on the east edge of Huntsville, the place with all of the flame chubs, at my suggestion as an example of a place in the Flint basin that's being mucked up by development. It also features a few snippets of interview with me which always make my students laugh... good stuff.

Another well-done news video. The Roanoke looks like a pretty nice stream. Thanks for sharing the link Casper.

Goergia use to have a PBS program called Georgia Outdoors which also featured a lot of "nature" stuff. I always gleaned information about sites to visit, especially while on our way to Florida, Providence Canyon, Radium Springs come to mind. Several of the GA aquatic biologist have been featured kicking into seines.
Good program. TN Wildside has a website where you can watch their many episodes. There goes your evening!

Patrick McMillan at Clemson (who did a plant talk at our SC conference) has a series of "Expeditions" on SC Public TV. At least one was specifically on fish (Darters and Dace, Jewels of our Mountain Streams, March 2008) and several other shows are partly about fish and aquatic habitats.

http://www.clemson.e...ic/expeditions/