(Clarinda) Page County Conservation Board and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are partnering to renovate the remaining fishery in Pioneer Park Pond.
Andy Jansen, Fisheries Management Biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says the Page County Conservation Board has been lowering the pond over the past couple of years and is planning to do some dredging work to improve the shallowness of this fishery.
The DNR will treat Pioneer Park Pond this fall (pending workable weather conditions) with rotenone, a botanical pesticide, to eliminate the remaining fish population.
Jansen says eliminating injurious fish species is a crucial and final step to achieve water quality and fishery improvements. The pond will be restocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, and channel catfish after the renovation after the pond refills next spring.
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