Thread: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife information

Originally Posted by redearhoosier

What exactly is a 'habitat budget'? I guess that means any sort of fish attractors, rip rap, trees, etc.? $3,500 insults me as a tax paying/fishing license carrying resident. Absolutely insulting...that's a poverty situation!!!

Makes it seem more important then that fisherman are building and putting structure/cover back into the lakes. I know I have gotten away from it just due to how busy I am in the winter. I need to get back to building boo-buckets and sinking brush it seems.

Originally Posted by smashdn

Makes it seem more important then that fisherman are building and putting structure/cover back into the lakes. I know I have gotten away from it just due to how busy I am in the winter. I need to get back to building boo-buckets and sinking brush it seems.

Maybe when the world gets back to normal we could organize something where a bunch of us could work with the F&W folks to build and deploy some habitat or otherwise make their budget go further.

Originally Posted by CatFan

Maybe when the world gets back to normal we could organize something where a bunch of us could work with the F&W folks to build and deploy some habitat or otherwise make their budget go further.

The US Army corps of engineers applied for 30,000 dollars in grant funding for us to do work on barkley in the next 12-18 months. Once the lawyers get the paperwork sorted out we will be adding a lot of new shallow water habitat. TWRA is also receiving funding to work on the southern end. We have several angling clubs already involved and some high school teams, so hopefully we will be able to accomplish a lot this year. I can't wait for a return to normal...

Well with lawyers involved they will get at least 40% of the $30,000 and it will be 10 years getting what is left after the lawyers exercise all of their delay tactics.

Originally Posted by Amartinbio

The US Army corps of engineers applied for 30,000 dollars in grant funding for us to do work on barkley in the next 12-18 months. Once the lawyers get the paperwork sorted out we will be adding a lot of new shallow water habitat. TWRA is also receiving funding to work on the southern end. We have several angling clubs already involved and some high school teams, so hopefully we will be able to accomplish a lot this year. I can't wait for a return to normal...

Originally Posted by RL56

Well with lawyers involved they will get at least 40% of the $30,000 and it will be 10 years getting what is left after the lawyers exercise all of their delay tactics.

Haha, no worries on that front. This money can only be spent on habitat. Its basically just administrative paperwork that is delaying us slightly right now. In the meantime we'll be sinking brushpiles on Ky lake.

Originally Posted by redearhoosier

What exactly is a 'habitat budget'? I guess that means any sort of fish attractors, rip rap, trees, etc.? $3,500 insults me as a tax paying/fishing license carrying resident. Absolutely insulting...that's a poverty situation!!!

The budget isnt exactly separated by purpose. Its complicated, but essentially thats the amount of funding in the district which is used to buy "building materials". rope, blocks, wood, etc. It isnt much, but the department is investing more and more in habitat in recent years including the creation of a new fish habitat branch with full time staff that focus on large scale habitat projects. More money than 3500 is technically spent on habitat each year in the form of fuel and personnel costs. We are lucky that the types of habitat we do are pretty cheap and we receive a lot of help in the form of donated material from local businesses.

Amartinbo, Kkinda off subject of previous notes, but real curious on the status/reports on the effectiveness of the 'BAFF' system at the Barkley Dam for the Asian Carp. From what I've read/seen, there will be a 'preliminary' report on it's effectiveness this year and a 'Final' report in 2023. When and if there is a "preliminary' report, please post/direct us to the report.

Originally Posted by perchjerker108

Amartinbo, Kkinda off subject of previous notes, but real curious on the status/reports on the effectiveness of the 'BAFF' system at the Barkley Dam for the Asian Carp. From what I've read/seen, there will be a 'preliminary' report on it's effectiveness this year and a 'Final' report in 2023. When and if there is a "preliminary' report, please post/direct us to the report.

I'm not sure when those reports will be available but i'm sure they will be highly publicized. The analysis is very data intensive and is not being handled directly by KDFWR, so unfortunately I havent seen any reports on effectiveness yet. Fingers crossed...

Amartinbo, many thanks for your reply. Sorry, thought our people at KDFWR had had some 'control' with this effort. So, I guess If our state has no control, then to me, this effort is useless. We have NO say on if it should be continued. Hopefully, someone from the State will step up and 'Say what we do', and 'Do what we say'. Not much of this stuff is happening now, just a pile of 'spin' on why stuff can't be done in our state, SO dang many excuses for everything now why things don't happen as promised. Hopefully, others will chime in with my comments.

Adam, will you and Jessica be at the Murray Boat Show? I may need to borrow your projector again.