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4/8/2012
Here
are links to two articles about the project from the Arcade Herald and TROUT
Magazine.
6/26/2011
Message
from Scott Cornett:
Hello
all,
Thank you to everyone who was able to help
with the LUNKER building project on the 18th and again today! Another
great turnout allowed us to finish before lunch and hopefully those that
did some fishing afterward caught some nice ones. Chuck will eventually add
up the final score, but a quick look at the numbers for both days combined,
showed volunteers put in approximately 116 hours between the
two days. All the structures are now finished and ready to be moved
to the stream site later next week. This project could not have
gotten done without your efforts!
Scott
Hi everyone,
This summer we
will embarking on probably our perhaps our most
ambitious project yet. We will be working with the USFWS, Wyoming County
SWCD, and Region 9 DEC Fisheries to construct “lunkers”
to be put into the North Branch of the Wiscoy in
order to enhance the habitat for adult trout. I’m really excited about this
.Ray Li and Marie Schrecengostof the FWS, Greg McKurthof SWCD, and Scott Cornett have been busy
designing the project since last year, to be modeled after similar highly
successful projects in the “Driftless Region” of the
midwest. They also
managed to put together a great grant application which will pay for the
project. We will need to have a lot of volunteer help on this, as we wish
to construct enough of the “lunkers” to create
overhead habitat in 18 places on the creek, and each of the structures will
need multiple “lunkers” constructed. I’d like to
be able to have a 15 or20 person crew to construct these in an assembly
line manner, as the more people we have, the quicker we can get them built.
I have one picture from Wisconsin which shows at least 22 people working
constructing them at once .I have several documents which anyone can view
if they like which show how the “lunkers” work,
how they are constructed, the reasoning behind the project, etc. If you
email me atsteelheader@roadrunner.com
I’d be glad to email them to you. They’re really interesting and well worth
looking at.
We’ll be
starting the project this spring with a planting of many, many trees in
spots along the creek in sections that will not have machinery installing “lunkers” later in the summer. Right now we’re
tentatively planning to plant on Saturday, May 7th, and if we don’t get
finished that day we’ll either schedule another day that week or more
likely work again on Saturday, May 14.
Remember, get in touch with me if you wish to
view any of the documents or pictures pertaining to the project.
Thanks advance
for your help,
Chuck Godfrey
To see project pics click here.
Read the 2010
Electrofishing Report for Volunteers Summary here.
Read the 2010 Genesee
River Diary Program Summary here.
Read the Blue River 2010
Project Report here.
Read the Wiscoy Creek
Revetment Project 2005-2006 report here.
Some of these files are
large so it will take a minute to download.
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4/8/2012 Here
are links to two articles about the project from the Arcade Herald and TROUT
Magazine. 6/26/2011 Message
from Scott Cornett: Hello
all, Hi everyone, This summer we
will embarking on probably our perhaps our most
ambitious project yet. We will be working with the USFWS, Wyoming County
SWCD, and Region 9 DEC Fisheries to construct “lunkers”
to be put into the North Branch of the Wiscoy in
order to enhance the habitat for adult trout. I’m really excited about this
.Ray Li and Marie Schrecengostof the FWS, Greg McKurthof SWCD, and Scott Cornett have been busy
designing the project since last year, to be modeled after similar highly
successful projects in the “Driftless Region” of the
midwest. They also
managed to put together a great grant application which will pay for the
project. We will need to have a lot of volunteer help on this, as we wish
to construct enough of the “lunkers” to create
overhead habitat in 18 places on the creek, and each of the structures will
need multiple “lunkers” constructed. I’d like to
be able to have a 15 or20 person crew to construct these in an assembly
line manner, as the more people we have, the quicker we can get them built.
I have one picture from Wisconsin which shows at least 22 people working
constructing them at once .I have several documents which anyone can view
if they like which show how the “lunkers” work,
how they are constructed, the reasoning behind the project, etc. If you
email me atsteelheader@roadrunner.com
I’d be glad to email them to you. They’re really interesting and well worth
looking at. We’ll be
starting the project this spring with a planting of many, many trees in
spots along the creek in sections that will not have machinery installing “lunkers” later in the summer. Right now we’re
tentatively planning to plant on Saturday, May 7th, and if we don’t get
finished that day we’ll either schedule another day that week or more
likely work again on Saturday, May 14. Remember, get in touch with me if you wish to
view any of the documents or pictures pertaining to the project. Thanks advance
for your help, Chuck Godfrey To see project pics click here. Read the 2010
Electrofishing Report for Volunteers Summary here. Read the 2010 Genesee
River Diary Program Summary here. Read the Blue River 2010
Project Report here. Read the Wiscoy Creek
Revetment Project 2005-2006 report here. Some of these files are
large so it will take a minute to download. |
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