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Dredging for fish habitat starts in Montgomery County

Montgomery County’s Pandapas Pond to be closed temporarily next month

By Mary Hardbarger | The Roanoke Times

Montgomery County’s Pandapas Pond is scheduled to be temporarily closed to the public for two weeks next month as workers plan dredging to enhance fish habitat and fishing opportunities.

The Forest Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to begin work on the pond in early September. The pond will be closed Sept. 14 to Sept. 28 to the public, depending on weather conditions.

Trails closest to the pond will also be closed due to the work, but other trails on the property will remain open.

The project comes after years of sediment build-up in the pond, a popular destination for fishers and families.
According to Jesse Overcash, wildlife biologist, this will be the first time the pond has been dredged.

“We’ve been wanting to do this for a long time,” he said.

When sediment builds up, water becomes shallower and warmer, hurting the habitats for some species, such as the rainbow trout the pond is stocked with, Overcash said. Warmer water also creates an environment where invasive plants can thrive.

Overcash said the pond is very shallow in some parts, which “reduces the ability, especially for kids, to have meaningful fishing.” The shallowest parts of the pond are less than two feet, Cash estimated.

The dredging process will require the lowering of the pond level 5 to 6 feet prior to excavation. Once the water level is lowered, the exposed shoreline will need to dry before the dredging begins. After the drying process, the pond will close to the public while heavy equipment removes the soil. The sediment will be taken to a spot a few miles away on National Forest land to dry, Overcash said.

The project is being funded by National Forest Wildlife and Fish habitat improvement money, Overcash said.
Future improvements to the pond also include the installation of a new fishing pier and improvements to the pond’s banks.

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Fish Habitats Improved With $3 Million in Funding

US – The US Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.4 million to support 84 fish habitat projects in 38 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP).

An additional $9.8 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as improving recreational fishing and helping endangered species.  Continue reading “Fish Habitats Improved With $3 Million in Funding”

Agencies sue federal government over fish habitat expansion

WATER: Inland Empire agencies sue federal government over fish habitat expansion

Saying important water supplies were at stake, 12 Inland Empire water agencies said Tuesday they’ve sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper.

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Workers work on building LUNKER fish structures near Bear Valley Creek

Franklin: Work on Bear Creek will pay off for trout anglers 

Conference call for Groundfish

Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee to Hold Conference Call

September 9, 2011

9:00 am to 11:00 am

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) ad hoc Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a conference call on September 9 from 9 to 11 AM to review progress and interim products for the groundfish EFH periodic review. Recommendations of the committee are Continue reading “Conference call for Groundfish”

Young Girls build fish habitat at Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Smith Mountain Lake State Park ranger, John Mitchell, above, inspects the first trailer load of fish habitat blocks to leave the park’s public boat landing Wednesday for their permanent locations at the 15-foot deep level of the Lake. Constructed of polyethylene piping, cinder blocks and concrete, the habitats resemble submerged tree limbs to fish, providing cover from predators, as well as places to rest and raise young. Youth Conservation Corps members, who left the park Saturday for home, constructed the habitats, some 150 of which were distributed in the Lake last week.

One hundred and fifty handmadefish habitats-looking very much like an army of extraterrestrials having a wild hair day–marched in stiff formation down a pier early Wednesday at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, tentacles of black polyethylene pipe crowning their heads and concrete-filled cinder blocks acting as footing.

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Eight Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) high school crew members, three college-age YYC supervisors and John Mitchell, a ranger at the park, worked in tandem, transferring the soon-to-be-sunken assemblages from a flatbed trailer to the dock, then onto boats for distribution in the Lake. Their loads in place, boats piloted by rangers and filled with teens andfish houses sluiced through the water to various destinations, among them Smith Mountain Lake Community Park, across the main channel and within sight of the launching point at the State Park’s public boat ramp, docks at the park’s Discovery Center and beach, and possibly by some of the park’s lakefront housekeeping cabins if the crew didn’t run out.

Arriving at the park on July 25, the all-female YYC crew also constructed eight picnic pads.

“They dug out the sites level, fitted them with 4′ x 6′ timbers, then filled them with stone,” said Mitchell.

It took the crew almost two days to make the fish habitats in a design and with materials recommended by the Virginia Dept. and Game and Inland Fisheries.

“The girls have done a great job,” said Brian Heft, Smith Mountain Lake State Park manager. “This is something we’ve done for years to support fish structure in the Lake. Fish need assistance to hide from predators, rear their young, and rest. Docks are not necessarily fish structure. Structures come up from the bottom of the Lake. This is an ongoing process. We plan on continuing it.” REBECCA JACKSON

K.Hoving Companies Going Green for Fish Habitat

When we talk about fishing and being in the outdoors, waste removal, disposal and recycling won’t come up much in the conversation. We enjoy the clean air and water which holds our quarry, not considering the orchestrated work taking place for fish habitat and the environment by waste recovery companies like K.Hoving companies in West Chicago, Illinois.

We toss our trash in the can or roll-off at work, or maybe that roof we recently had to replace got tossed in a dumpster. Off to a landfill right?  What about that old siding, doors, concrete, and windows we threw out? Or the old office building that got torn down, doesn’t that go to the dump anymore? Continue reading “K.Hoving Companies Going Green for Fish Habitat”

Fishiding follow up:Retired NFL Player…

“Retired NFL veteran and Fishiding customer, Aaron Graham, placing our products in his private pond in Gretna, Nebraska”.

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Hi David,

Caught this one last night on top of my new Fishiding structure.

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Licensed in NE, KS, IA & MO

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Gretna, NE 68028

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Volunteers Help Improve Fish Habitat With Colborne Creek Improvement

Family, friends, and neighbors were invited to lend a hand for fish habitat, and to help plant native shrubs to help improve fish habitat along Colborne Creek on Saturday, August 13th 2011. The Colborne Creek project, located in Cramahe Township….

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Loose pvc limbs for fish habitat projects

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By peepaw – Posted on 13 August 2011

Wanted you folks to know that we are now offering our fishiding artificial fish habitat structures shipped loose, with no cement, along with our ready to sink models.

You provide the bucket and the cement,(or use our special formula)http://www.fishiding.com/products/Fishiding-cement-mix and build your own custom fish habitat.

The Build your own habitat http://www.fishiding.com/categories/Build-Your-Own-Fish-Habitat/ page shows you how to buy just the vinyl strips in bulk, saving huge money on shipping.

You provide half of the labor to mix and pour, saving half the cost of our completed models.

You can use as many or as few limbs in each unit as you prefer. Cut them, bend them, you customize what you want.

Check out this month’s discounts and install now for fall/winter fishing this season!

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