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AUTHORS: Thomas Timmermann, Joseph Zimmerman – Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
ABSTRACT: Lake aging, which leads to habitat loss, is a problem fisheries managers have been dealing with for years. In 2013, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources implemented a large scale habitat project on Cave Run Lake, an 8,270 acre meso- to oligotrophic reservoir in eastern Kentucky. The goals of this project were to increase angler opportunity through additional habitat sites on the lower two-thirds of the lake and to increase secondary trophic level organisms in this low nutrient system with slow growing fish populations. Furthermore, with a limited budget, the managers of this project were tasked with accomplishing these goals through governmental and public partnerships. Since the implementation of this project, thousands of structures were added to the lake, which has increased angler opportunities. Additionally, early studies have shown increases in growth rates of black and white crappie on the lower portions of the lake.
Wednesday November 1, 2017 8:40am - 9:00am EDT
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