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Division expands community‑fishery investments: habitat structures and docks approved
Summary
The council approved near‑term funding for habitat structures to improve warm‑water fisheries and for dock and amenity projects at several community ponds. Presenters said the work will increase angling opportunity and allow some ponds to sustain fish naturally.
Chris Crockett, regional aquatics manager, presented two related sets of community‑fishery proposals: a habitat‑augmentation package for multiple community ponds and separate dock and amenity projects for three ponds and parks. Both initiatives are intended to increase angling opportunity near population centers and to improve year‑round habitat for warm‑water species such as largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie.
Crockett said the habitat request would buy prefabricated structures and…
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