HEBER SPRINGS â Anglers at Greers Ferry Lake will see an immediate benefit in coming months from a large-scale habitat project conducted Nov. 30-Dec. 4 at Greers Ferry Lake that involved 23 biologists and technicians of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commissionâs Fisheries Division.
The AGFC staff, led by Tom Bly, the supervisor of the district that manages Greers Ferry Lake, and with the Army Corps of Engineersâ approval and assistance, were able to harvest and sink 345 trees from a pair of islands and other areas on the lower end of the lake to establish 60 habitat sites.
âI thought the project was very successful, especially given the weather conditions,â Bly said, noting that winds of 10-15 mph on the first day forced the staff to wait a day to venture out on the lake. But once things quieted down on the water, nearly two-dozen staffers divided into three teams and got in three and a half days of habitat work around Goat Island and Scout Island, situated between Cherokee Recreation Area and Heber Springs Recreation Area and in the vicinity of Old Highway 25 Recreation Area.