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January 24, 2002
Meeting Set for February 5; Public Review Process Begins for the Use of Detonation Cord at Lake Davis
Contact: Ivan Paulsen, DFG Senior Biologist, (530) 832-4067
Steve Martarano, Information Officer, (916) 654-5866.
PORTOLA - A combined Lake Davis Coalition meeting and public hearing on the use of detonation cord in Lake Davis is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Portola Station Baptist Church, 171 South Gulling, in Portola.
Two years ago, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and Lake Davis Steering Committee released the plan Managing Northern Pike at Lake Davis, which outlined more than a dozen recommendations for controlling and containing northern pike in the lake, including the use of detonation cord.
An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for the proposed use of detonation cord through 2004. The public review period for the 170-page document is from Jan. 25 to Feb. 25, 2002, and the environmental documentation is available for review at the Plumas County Library, Portola Branch, 34 Third Ave.; Plumas County Library, Quincy Branch, 445 Jackson; and at DFG's Sacramento Valley and Central Sierra Region office, 1701 Nimbus Road, Rancho Cordova. To be considered, comments must be presented no later than Feb. 25, 2002 and should be addressed to Ivan Paulsen, CA Dept. of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 1858, Portola CA, 96122.
The use of detonation cord is for the purpose of reducing the number of northern pike in Lake Davis. During 2001, more than 6,300 northern pike were taken from Lake Davis by the DFG through various barrier nets, purse seining and electro-fishing. Detonation cord can kill a large number of fish by creating a low-level, yet wide-spread underwater shockwave. The number of fish the shockwave kills is determined by the size of the explosive and distance the pressure wave travels in the water. This proposed project calls for a one-acre test at the north end of the lake at ice-out (approximately in April), and up to six additional treatments of up to 10 acres each during the spring of 2002 at locations where pike are concentrated. If approved, in 2003 and 2004, there would be another 15 separate treatments of no more than 20 acres each during the spring months.
Meeting Set for February 5; Public Review Process Begins for the Use of Detonation Cord at Lake Davis
Contact: Ivan Paulsen, DFG Senior Biologist, (530) 832-4067
Steve Martarano, Information Officer, (916) 654-5866.
PORTOLA - A combined Lake Davis Coalition meeting and public hearing on the use of detonation cord in Lake Davis is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Portola Station Baptist Church, 171 South Gulling, in Portola.
Two years ago, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and Lake Davis Steering Committee released the plan Managing Northern Pike at Lake Davis, which outlined more than a dozen recommendations for controlling and containing northern pike in the lake, including the use of detonation cord.
An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for the proposed use of detonation cord through 2004. The public review period for the 170-page document is from Jan. 25 to Feb. 25, 2002, and the environmental documentation is available for review at the Plumas County Library, Portola Branch, 34 Third Ave.; Plumas County Library, Quincy Branch, 445 Jackson; and at DFG's Sacramento Valley and Central Sierra Region office, 1701 Nimbus Road, Rancho Cordova. To be considered, comments must be presented no later than Feb. 25, 2002 and should be addressed to Ivan Paulsen, CA Dept. of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 1858, Portola CA, 96122.
The use of detonation cord is for the purpose of reducing the number of northern pike in Lake Davis. During 2001, more than 6,300 northern pike were taken from Lake Davis by the DFG through various barrier nets, purse seining and electro-fishing. Detonation cord can kill a large number of fish by creating a low-level, yet wide-spread underwater shockwave. The number of fish the shockwave kills is determined by the size of the explosive and distance the pressure wave travels in the water. This proposed project calls for a one-acre test at the north end of the lake at ice-out (approximately in April), and up to six additional treatments of up to 10 acres each during the spring of 2002 at locations where pike are concentrated. If approved, in 2003 and 2004, there would be another 15 separate treatments of no more than 20 acres each during the spring months.
