Thread: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife information

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!!!

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.