Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePro View Post
I would like to see the AGFC hire two or three grounds keepers to maintain the public accesses and put out trash cans and charge 2-5 dollars parking and boat launch fees at every public access to include HWY 89 bridge, Caney creek to pay their salaries. This is the only way your going to stop it and it gives two or three folks jobs to take care of their families. i for one am more than willing to pay a small fee each time I fish Lake Conway if I know its going to a good cause. I don't know about the rest of you but I like like to fish in and see clean environments that don't have trashed up banks. I ust to love fishing the 89 bridge and caney creek areas but can't stand to see all the Trash. Too many beautiful spots that are not trashed up, to haft to see that crap. No offence Matt but I think its way past time to put up charge boxes and hire some AGFC folks to do the job needed here on Conway. I know the money made at the drop boxes will cover the salaries of the employees, and then some for extra maintenance around the lake. If bank fisherman want to use the privilege of fishing from the banks on Lake Conway they should pay a fee just like allot of other sites do with day use and boat launch fees. The places that do this are also much more cleaner than Lake Conway's wild wild west trash banks. the city of Conway is growing and growing, with more and more fisherman moving in every day, with this said the problem is only going to get worse if not addressed.
No offense taken Russ. I wish it were that easy. I could go into the complexities of state government and creating new positions but it is boring and hard to understand. Basically, it is next to imposible to get new positions created. We could possible hire a contractor to do more maintenence but as you pointed out, it would take a few people who's only responsibility is to take care of access areas on the lake. Also, I am not sure if we could legally charge use fees on a state owned lake that has used federal funds at the access areas. Again, there are some pretty complex and nonsensical laws out there that make things difficult. I am not trying to make excuses, just pointing out some of our limitations. I appreciate your suggestion and welcome ideas that are outside the box. We recognize that it is a big problem and we will have to use a creative solution to fix the problem.