Lake norfork habitat rules!!!

[Roughneck]

Got a permit last week from the Norfork COE. To start with the permit expires April 16th, 2013. You are allowed to cut six (6) cedar trees from the bank of the lake and no tree can be larger than 6" at the base. and I had to show them on a map about where I was going to sink them. Only native stones , picked up along the shoreline of the lake may be used as anchors to sink the trees. You have to have the permit in your boat at the time of the so-called tree sinking. And lastly the trees must be sunk in 20-25 ft. of water using conservation pool as the level.
I asked about bambo and they said NO-WAY. Why don't all corp. lakes have the same rules ? Needless to say I am no going to waste my time putting only 6 cedar trees in their stinking lake. You can not even bring a Christmas tree from your house and put in the lake!!! I know the COE lakes are all about generation But they could be a little more friendly to the fishermen. Even though the COE built the Dam it is our land that it is on and our water or could I be wrong. What harm could a little bambo and cement do to that lake. All opinions are welcome.

[NIMROD]

Don't know why but sounds like crap.

[Crappie Greg]

What they don't know won't hurt em!! Lol


You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take country out of the boy

[AgriHawg]

That's crazy! Why are they so strict when other COE lakes actively encourage it? The COE supplies our project each year with the concrete!?! Strange

[Old Sarge]

I think that 9/11 has a lot to do with this, I know the Feds want to KNOW whats getting put in our lakes (terrorist contaminating our drinking water) and they also want to ensure that it is something that wont break free and get sucked onto the generators.

[jbornhop]

x2 on that the lake is so low right now and plenty of fallen trees on the bank to drag in no cutting needed

What they don't know won't hurt em!! Lol


You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take country out of the boy

[faithfularcher]

well they need to get all those dock owners and remove those huge cement anchors LOL. Those are crazy rules to me. I have tried to sink dead trees off the bank but there are two issues first they don't sink near as well as a green tree and second they don't last near as long either . I think the artifical cover like PVC is the way to go . It sinks easily and doesn't rot away, but I know you want get permission to drop those .

[DRPEPPER]

Lake Maumelle is still about 15 minuets from my house. It is a drinking supply lake; so , there are different rules towards placing habitat as well. The only time it is allowed to place habitat (legally) is during the supervision of AGFC. Then only PVC is allowed. Suposedly, natural structures like bamboo put of a carcenagen.
Funny how the rules differ between the two lakes.
DP

[ski trip]

When we were dropping cover in Nimrod last year, Nimrod got the Corps of Engineers to furnish a flat barge with a crane on it with and operator to help put cover out in the lake! That's the same COE that controls Norfork, or part of the same COE. Go figure!!!

[AgriHawg]

Degray is a drinking water lake too. Yet, the COE is happy to partner with us building bamboo fish habitat.