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2023 Hugh C. Becker Grant Recipients

With these awards, the total of benefits issued since the beginning of the program in 2008 will be more than $2,100,000.00. The order of funding dates for 2023, with amounts totaling $129,000.00, including $3,000.00 returned from the Illinois Musky Alliance, are:

• To support the Headwaters Chapter #12 of Muskies, Inc. with their youth activity programs in 2023.
  February … $2,200.00

• To provide funding to the Musky Mission Complete Veterans program for the 2023 Minnesota outing.
  February … $5,000.00

• To support the Youth Heritage Outdoors (YHO) Minnesota State High School Muskie-Fishing Championship program for 2023 in coordination with the Muskies, Inc. Chapters in Minnesota.
  February … $3,700.00

• To assist in funding the St. Cloud Chapter #37 of Muskies, Inc. for their area youth events through Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs.
  February … $1,500.00

• To help fund the St. Cloud Chapter #37 of Muskies, Inc. for pit-tag readers for research on Lake 12.
  February … $3,000.00

• To fund the St. Cloud Chapter #37 of Muskies, Inc. for rental of Lake 12  rearing pond.
  February … $500.00

• To support the Mid-Iowa Muskies Chapter #55 of Muskies, Inc. with “pit-tag” readers for research with the Iowa DNR on Big Creek and Brushy Creek Lakes.
  February … $756.00

• To provide partial funding to the Minnesota DNR for the purchase of Kasco Surface Aerators for the New London, MN fish hatchery.
  February … $10,000.00

• To provide funding to the Minnesota DNR for the purchase of new water probing equipment at the St. Paul, MN fish hatchery.
  February … $7,000.00

• To provide funding to the Minnesota DNR for the purchase of various sensing equipment at the Waterville, MN fish hatchery.
  February … $8,000.00

• To support the Wounded Warriors in Action event in Eagle River, WI with the Headwaters Chapter #12 of Muskies, Inc.
  February … $2,000.00

• To provide funding to the Cass Lake/Bemidji Chapter #46 of Muskies, Inc. for DNR trap nets.
  February … $ 2,000.00

• To support the Spartan Angling youth program at Nashwauk, MN High School.
  February … $3,000.00

• To support the Boundary Waters Musky Club youth program.
  March … $1,000.00

• To provide continued support to the Hayward Lakes Chapter #13 of Muskies, Inc. for the pit-tag research in Sawyer County, WI.
  March … $3,000.00

• To assist the Hayward Lakes Chapter #13 of Muskies, Inc. in providing minnow-feed at the Spooner, WI hatchery.
  March … $5,000.00

• To fund the Lake Superior Chapter #33 of Muskies, Inc. for pit tags needed to continue  the research in 2023 on the St. Louis River.
  March … $3,500.00  

• To provide partial funding support to the Flatlanders Chapter #32 of Muskies, Inc. for their youth programs in 2023.
  March … $750.00

• To partially fund the stocking efforts of the Flatlanders Chapter #32 of Muskies, Inc. for Lake Geneva, WI.
  March … $3,000.00

• To fund the Upper Great Plains Chapter #29 of Muskies, Inc. for Acoustic Telemetry Tags research in connection with the Iowa DNR.
  March … $5,700.00

• To provide partial funding to the Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail (IMTT) youth scholarship program.
  March … $750.00

• To provide continued support of the Youth Conservation Alliance (YCA) youth fishing/education programs.
  March … $4,000.00

• To support the muskie-fishing youth programs by Fishing for Life with Twin Cities Chapter #1 of Muskies, Inc.
  March … $5,000.00

• To support the Twin Cities Chapter #1 of Muskies, Inc. with their regional Minnesota High School muskie-fishing and youth programs.
  March … $4,144.00

• To support the North Metro Chapter #21 of Muskies, Inc. with their regional Minnesota High School muskie-fishing program.
  March … $1,500.00

• To provide funding to the Three Rivers Chapter #16 of Muskies, Inc. for minnow feed for the Linesville, PA hatchery.
  April … $1,500.00

• To support the stocking projects of the Twin Cities Chapter #1 of Muskies, Inc.
  April … $10,000.00

• To support the stocking projects of the Milwaukee Muskies Chapter #35 of Muskies, Inc.
  April … $2,000.00

• To support the Consolidated Musky Club with their stocking program on the Wisconsin River.
  April … $5,000.00

• To support the Nittany Valley Musky Alliance Chapter #64 of Muskies, Inc. with their stocking program at Curwensville Lake, PA.
  April … $9,000.00

• To partially support the Turning Leaf youth program of the Between the Lakes Chapter #20 of Muskies, Inc.
  April … $3,000.00

• To support the Twelve Apostles Musky Club with their stocking program in the Wisconsin River.
  April … $5,000.00

• To support the Fox River Valley Chapter #39 of Muskies, Inc. with their youth activities programs.
  April … $2,000.00

• To partially fund the Fox River Valley Chapter #39 of Muskies, Inc. with their stocking programs in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
  April … $3,500.00

• To assist in supporting the Titletown Chapter #4 of Muskies, Inc. with stocking Green Bay genetic muskies in Wisconsin waters.
  April … $2,000.00