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Conservation News -
The Oklahoma BASS Federation Nation has applied for grants from BASS,
the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the Fish America Foundation
to purchase materials to build 7,000 “spider block” habitat modules to
place in Oklahoma reservoirs in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation’s Habitat Enhancement Program. In 2005
the Oklahoma City Junior Bassmasters Club place 75 of these spider
blocks in Eagle Lake in Del City to test their effectiveness in
attracting bass. Junior Bassmasters report catching numerous bass
off of the attractors during the year.
The Oklahoma BASS Federation Nation and the North
Oklahoma City Bassmasters have applied for a Conservation Grant form the
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation to purchase materials to continue an
aquatic plant introduction project on Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma
City. The club will be continuing work started by the Oklahoma
Water Resources Board and Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation two years ago. To date 21
sites have been planted with native shoreline and emergent species to
control erosion and create stable shorelines. Plants are placed in
protective fencing to reduce damage from turtles and carp. The
Bassmaster project will introduce submersed species that should provide
much needed nursery cover for young bass, improving the overall bass
population in Draper Lake.
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