On July 21, Fishery Biologist Aaron Woldt staffed a Service information booth at the Alpena "Friday Night Downtown!" festival.

The festival is a city sponsored event held every Friday night in July, n the downtown city streets of Alpena. Each Friday combines a different mix of live musical entertainment, kid’s games, food booths, pony rides, public safety demonstrations by local law enforcement and emergency services agencies, and informational booths by local businesses, civic groups, and governmental agencies.

Woldt distributed Service pamphlets, children’s coloring books, and posters and spoke with more than 200 visitors about the Service and tAlpena FRO in conserving natural resources.

Topics included lake trout rehabilitation and stocking, potential impacts of double-crested cormorants, sea lamprey control, the National Fish Hatchery program, aquatic nuisance species control, fish passage, endangered species, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, lake sturgeon tagging and tracking, lake whitefish population viability, and lake trout movement patterns.