Wildlife Forever

Water Enhanced for Urban Anglers and City's Enjoyment

The North Fork of the Little River in Hopkinsville, Kentucky has become a better urban fishery, with the assistance of Wildlife Forever. The project involved installing deflectors at 16 locations along a three-mile stretch of the river. Deflectors cause waters to create deeper channels and provide cooler water for fish during hot summer months. This project was one phase of an extensive river restoration project involving the entire community, as it joined the effort and held river clean-up projects, improved access areas, and developed a walking trail along the river. The Little River flows through the center of town and offers angling for bass, crappie, and bluegills.

Providing Wildlife Viewing Opportunities in Kentucky

The area around Kentucky’s Carr Creek Lake received improvements that are making the location a favored destination for wildlife watchers, thanks to support from Wildlife Forever. The improvements included viewing decks, interpretive signs, a viewing blind, and a trail. The project also involved raising the height of a water outlet structure and installing regulator gates. This has enabled managers to control Carr Creek Lake’s water level and to attract more wildlife to the area. In addition, food plots, shrubs, and trees were planted and numerous nesting structures were installed. Visitors can encounter numerous wildlife species, including wading birds, furbearers, songbirds, amphibians, shorebirds and waterfowl.

MORE TURKEYS ON PUBLIC HUNTING LAND

There are more wild turkeys strutting and gobbling in the Daniel Boone National Forest thanks to your support. The Craney Ridge project improved habitat for wild turkey, white-tailed deer and many other wildlife species by establishing woodland ponds and by improving forest openings. More than 225 acres of habitat were improved by various methods. The woodland ridgetop ponds are providing reliable water resources when local streams dry up in the summer months. The Daniel Boon National Forest is the largest area of public hunting land in the state. The Morehead Ranger district provides individuals with more than 117,000 acres of public land that is open to hunting, hiking and wildlife viewing. A tract of 7,600 acres is designated for primitive weapons hunting and is quite popular. Visit the Daniel Boone National Forest web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/boone/