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Three new Omaha-area reservoirs expected to open this year; one to receive trout stocking
Summary
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Southeast District staff said three Papio NRD flood-control reservoirs — Forest City (WP4), Mad Bear (WP2) and Marlin Peterman (WP1) — are scheduled to open in 2025–2026 and will be managed for paddlecraft and shore fishing; one site is slated to receive trout stocking formerly done at Standing Bear.
Three new reservoirs in the Omaha metropolitan area are expected to open for public fishing this year and next, and one may assume part of the region’s trout stocking program, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) Southeast District staff said during a Jan. 2025 public meeting.
“WP 4…is gonna be Forest City Rec Area. It’s a 15 acre lake…managed as a kayak hand launch only reservoir,” said Aaron Blank, Southeast District supervisor for the NGPC. He said WP 2 (Mad Bear Rec Area) will…
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