RE-REGULATION DAM CLEAN-OUT

Patrick Waters, Project Team Leader

04/15/2010 Update

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10/20/2009 update

As of this date, and as of the October 18th meeting of the LMFRF, the Clean-out project is slowly moving forward.  However, due to a misunderstanding between myself and the ODWC the project will not happen until sometime in 2010.   This is due to a number of reasons:

1. For the LMFRF to obtain matching funds from the National Sportfish Restoration Fund, the project must go through the ODWC.
2. Since this project will cost well above a preset state government limit, there must be proposals sent to companies who wish to bid on this project.  We cannot just hire the first company that wants the job.  I have collected this information and am waiting for the ODWC to ask for it.
3. This project must then be put into an agenda to be discussed at the next big ODWC commission meeting.  If it is approved at that meeting it will be put into the agenda for the following month.  Ah, the wheels of government do indeed turn very slowly.

On a positive note:  Members of the LMFRF have volunteered to take our project to various other fly fishing groups in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma and ask for help in funding this project.  This is going to be the most ambitious undertaking that the LMFRF has attempted to date.  Due to coordinating between various Government agencies, the size of the project itself, and the cost involved, this is not a job that we feel is worthy of lightly going into.  I believe that our patience will pay off in the long run.

Grants for Re-Regulation Project

The LMFRF has also taken on the idea of applying for grants to help fund this project and currently have a few applications in the works.  The more money that we raise for this, the less matching fund money we will require from the ODWC.  The lower that number, the more likely it is that we will see funding in the coming summer

Donate to Re-Regulation Project

YOUR DONATION  IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE! IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION DIRECTLY TOWARD THE RE-REGULATION DAM CLEAN-OUT PROJECT, PLEASE CONTACT LINDA KING AT THE THREE RIVERS FLY SHOP AT 1-580-494-6115 OR SEND YOUR DONATION TO HER AT RR 4, BOX 27-1, BROKEN BOW, OK  74728.  OR YOU CAN CONTACT ANYONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE CONTACT PAGE OF THIS SITE.