KET Apr 12 & 22-Cumberland fish habitat show

Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources News Release
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife takes action to help restore Lake Cumberland fish habitat,
this weekend on “Kentucky Afield” television
April 16, 2007 Contact: Scott Moore
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1-800-852-0942, ext. 432
Frankfort, Ky. – “Kentucky Afield” cameras take you to Lake Cumberland this weekend, April 21 and 22, to see how fisheries biologists are revitalizing habitat and hiding places for fish.
Lake Cumberland is being held 40 feet below normal summer pool while repairs are being made to Wolf Creek Dam. Although the lake still offers 37,000 acres of water for fun, sections of shoreline in the upper reaches of the lake are exposed and dry, a rare sight. Rarer still is the opportunity to bolster in grand scale the aquatic habitat for one of the largest lakes in the eastern U.S. Personnel with the fisheries division of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are sinking trees, brush and other structure that fishermen call ‘snags’ to give fish, turtles and other lake life new places to feed, spawn and evade predators.
Elsewhere, white bass and crappie are running at Taylorsville Lake and that has host Tim Farmer and his father-in-law on the run. And in Clark County, turkey season provides hunters with a surprise ending.
“Kentucky Afield” is a production of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. It is the longest continuously running outdoor television show in the nation. “Kentucky Afield” airs Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern /7:30 p.m. Central and is repeated on Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Central on KET 1.

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