Pistol Pond Improvement Project Activities
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Boat ramp creation (Fall, 2024)
Stock prey fish from Welaka National Fish Hatchery over 80,000 forage and prey fish were stocked including lake chubsuckers, killifish, mosquitofish, and sailfin mollies. (November, 2025)
Littoral Zone Expansion
- -Future of earth-moving projects to convert mining pit to "pond" We should hear in June the decision of the FWC Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Program (AHRE) funding to rent an excavator and attachments to do the littoral zone creation improvement...
Mulching Project Feb 2025
Mark Danaher and his team spent a full day mulching around the perimeter of Pistol Pond so it would be more accessible. The differences are incredible. Before:After:
Fish stocking November, 2024
Tony Brady sharing materials about Welaka National Fish Hatchery
Education and Outreach events
Electrofishing and Pond Assessment April 12, 2025
On Saturday April 12, 2025 about 20 middle-school aged student and their parents were given a demonstration of how fish assessment occurs. Florida Fish and Wildlife staff brought their boat and electrofished for about 20 minutes. The stunned fish were transported to a...
Fishing Derby
Fishing Derby with over 300 local youth and their parents attending (October 2023).