FLW Outdoors
Since 2000, FLW Outdoors has partnered with the FishAmerica
Foundation to give back to the local fisheries by providing
funding for fisheries conservation and research projects
at each of the Wal-Mart FLW Tournament sites. FishAmerica
has received more than $260,000 from FLW Outdoors.
These donations have helped FishAmerica and the local communities
leverage nearly $2 million for local conservation and research
projects to enhance our nation’s fisheries. These projects
are improving fisheries habitat and enhancing fish populations
through tagging studies.
FishAmerica/ FLW Outdoors Projects
Lake
Okeechobee in Clewiston, Florida—a $5,460 to
help restore Lake Okeechobee’s fish habitat nearly
destroyed in the wake of recent hurricanes.
Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina—a $6,932 grant
to help reestablish submerged aquatic vegetation along the
shoreline. The state will establish water willow colonies
along the shoreline of Lake Murray to replace shoreline and
submerged aquatic vegetation in the area.
Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama—a $6,900 grant
to stabilize eroding streambanks in the Pickwick Lake watershed.
The Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation and Development
Council will stabilize streambanks in tributaries to reduce
erosion and improve water quality in the watershed.
Beaver Lake in Rogers, Arkansas—a $7,000 grant to
place fish habitat structures throughout the lake. The
state will use a newly-donated habitat barge to place artificial
habitat structures throughout Beaver Lake in an effort to
replace lost fisheries habitat.
Kentucky Lake in Benton, Kentucky—a $6,500 grant
to restore water quality and fish habitat in Kentucky Lake
in Calloway County, Kentucky. The state will stabilize
1,342 feet of valuable shoreline habitat along the second
of eight islands in the lake.
Logan Martin Lake in Birmingham, Alabama—a $10,000+
grant to upgrade the state-owned Marion State Fish Hatchery.
To improve efficiency and operation of the hatchery, the
state will replace older equipment and purchase new technology
to propagate Florida-strain largemouth bass. Starting
in Spring 2007, the state will initiate the first of several
Florida-strain largemouth bass stocking cycles on Logan Martin
Lake.
