Resource Management
Reservoir properties were created for recreation, resource management and flood control. On reservoir properties, we manage to encourage a wide variety of habitats. Biologists manage the resources; interpreters tell the stories. When you visit a reservoir property, look for these features that indicate multiple use and resource management:
- Food plots that provide corn, sorghum and cover for both game and non-game animals.
- Wetland construction/restoration.
- Fence row management to provide wildlife cover/habitat.
- Timber management to ensure healthy forests.
- Prescribed burns to maintain open areas and native grasses.
- Crop lease programs; farmers plant crops and leave 10% standing for use by wildlife.
- Waterfowl surveys.
- Fish management and stocking.
- Hunting in season.
- Placement of bluebird houses, wood duck boxes and other nesting structures.
- Resource inventories, identifying unique plants and wildlife.
- 2009 State Parks Deer Reduction Information
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