The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a special public workshop Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:30, at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, in Convention Center Rooms A and B to begin reviewing the trout management plans for the Bull Shoals and Norfork tailwaters. The center is located on the Arkansas State University Mountain Home campus.The current trout management plans for the 92 and 4.5 mile trout fisheries on the White and North Fork of the White Rivers below Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams were developed in 2007. Management actions outlined in the plans were implemented, and the AGFC is trying to determine if these strategies have worked and whether public expectations of the fishery have changed.
Trout Management Supervisor Christy Graham says in a continued effort to keep the public involved, AGFC want to give concerned anglers and stakeholders the opportunity to give input on the direction of the fishery. She says a priority is to make sure the fisheries are the best they can be and are meeting the expectations of anglers.
The public meeting is the first step of the revision, which is scheduled to occur every five years in the future.
Progress of the tailwaters management plan revisions will be posted on http://www.agfc.com throughout the process. For more information, contact Graham at 877-425-7577.
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