01-25-2011, 05:23 PM
Of note might be that the current carp removal is being done with a heavy one-time federal subsidy. If memory serves, it was somewhere in the $2 million range.
With what's going on at the Fed level and the morning news about huge cuts at the State, I suspect carp aren't a priority. So I wouldn't look to "the government" for a long term solution.
In my opinion, It will take a financially viable solution for local use (compost or nitrogen source as a mix with something like chopped phragmites) to provide for longer term carp reduction.
Carp are the toughest beasties in that lake and will (no maybe about it) remain there in high numbers.
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With what's going on at the Fed level and the morning news about huge cuts at the State, I suspect carp aren't a priority. So I wouldn't look to "the government" for a long term solution.
In my opinion, It will take a financially viable solution for local use (compost or nitrogen source as a mix with something like chopped phragmites) to provide for longer term carp reduction.
Carp are the toughest beasties in that lake and will (no maybe about it) remain there in high numbers.
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