KIDS OF THE SOUTHWEST
2010 Habitat Project
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The Kids Of The Southwest have taken on a huge new project
to help Elephant Butte's bass population. The kids
partnered with Islands West, Neal Brown, Earl Conway, and
many members of the New Mexico Game and Fish. Earl
Conway is the key link as he discovered a small company
called
Floating Islands West who have done some incredible work
with floating botanical gardens. They believed they
had a product that would benefit our lake. Simply said
they have designed a portable spawning bed for fish that
also includes cover and protection for the fry. The
Juniors did all the work as you will see in the photos
below. They gathered the plants, assembled the Island,
transplanted the plants, filled the spawning beds with
gravel, and used paddle boats to deploy the Island.
Sounds easy think again the pictures don't do the kids
enough justice. We want to give special thanks to a
few outstanding kids; Clayton and Brooke Ramsey, Donald
Peters, and Julian Carver. The KSW want to thank the
entire crew from Floating Islands West (lead-Laddie Flock),
Earl Conway-NMBFN Conservation Director, Neal Brown-Marina
Owner, Frank Ramsey Youth Director for KSW and Director for
the American Fishing Tour, Ken Cunningham and Casey L.
Harthorn NMGF, plus many more individuals.
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