Quackmasterofgeorgia
Senior Member
Is getting around 9 million dollars from DU and DNR for restoration and improvement.
But the project costs a predicted 10-12 millionOnly 9 millon
I agree, but conservation organizations are more concerned with breeding grounds, and imo, the state is concerned more with deer, Turkey, and bear. The 8.72 million coming from DU is from a grant, not actual member donations or fundraisers in the state. Which I understand is probably improbable to take that much out of the membership dues and fundraisers that come out of the state.For the money that the hunters have spent over my many years we should have allot more projects here in Georgia
Yeah, I agree. The money for the project is coming from 2 grants secured by du, Coastal conservation association, GADNR, and FEMA. In other words it’s not coming from du itself but the federal government. Du just chose to send the grants here, instead of putting members’ money where it might actually benefit them, the latter is the reason I’m not in DU anymore.By far there has been more money raised over in this part of the country and they always spent it out west
Yet people still will donate, and never see their money put into a project that will go to their benefit or benefit the state’s wma’s.The money that has been raised in this state and sent out west in my years. We could have had twenty WMAs on the coast .
And tell you why it so important. I sat on a lake in Florida several years ago and counted ten thousand ring necks if I counted one. We could have the same kind of thing but no body’s got the money or visionYet people still will donate, and never see their money put into a project that will go to their benefit or benefit the state’s wma’s.
I'm a big advocate of if you build it they will come. those birds in Florida have to get to there some way or another, and I'm positive a good majority goes through the state of Georgia. Look at wma's built for waterfowl quotas, and they don't have food or that much habitat for wintering birds mainly due to insufficient funding for waterfowl management. Every state around us consistently holds more birds than this state. They're introducing grass carp to combat hydrilla, when hydrilla is one of the only food sources for the very few birds that stay. I think the vision is there, but it won't happen with DU and Delta.And tell you why it so important. I sat on a lake in Florida several years ago and counted ten thousand ring necks if I counted one. We could have the same kind of thing but no body’s got the money or vision
Bet you it will be to repair what they got.SC land owners do so much more for the ducks than GA folks do. It’s amazing the difference in habitat/management taking place when you cross the Savannah river, heading north. I bought my impoundments in June and plan to stop as many ducks from making it to GA as possible...all of my neighbors have the same goal. I live on the banks of the Altamaha WMA and definitely see the track hoes are busy on Butler and Rhetts. Would be interesting to see exactly how those dollars are going to be used...will it be all dike repair/maintenance or will there actually be habitat improvement??
That’s what it sounds like from the article.Bet you it will be to repair what they got.
The money that has been raised in this state and sent out west in my years. We could have had twenty WMAs on the coast .