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West Boggs Park to Host Inaugural Conservation Day
Indiana Ag Connection - 05/05/2016
The public can learn about the West Boggs Lake restoration and get tips on how to manage private ponds and lakes during the inaugural West Boggs Conservation Day, May 14.
The event runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at West Boggs Park in Loogootee. Conservation Day is a partnership between the park, the DNR, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the soil and water conservation districts of Daviess and Martin counties. It is sponsored by Aquatic Control and Daviess-Martin County REMC.
DNR fisheries biologist Dave Kittaka will speak about the West Boggs Lake restoration and what anglers can expect there this summer.
DNR aquatic invasive species coordinator Eric Fischer will share tips to help stem the tide of unwanted aquatic species.
Vince Pitstick, a soil conservationist with NRCS, will speak about factors in his area expertise people who plan to build a pond should consider.
DNR assistant fisheries biologist Debra King will share information on how and when to stock fish into private ponds and how to manage ponds that are stocked.
In 2014, West Boggs Lake was drawn down to about 10 percent of its normal volume so that biologists from the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife could renovate the lake’s fishery. The lake had been invaded by gizzard shad, which had stunted bluegill growth and caused bass numbers to decline.
The lake was restocked with thousands of bluegill, redear sunfish, black crappie, largemouth bass and catfish.
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