Flat Lake Yellow Perch Transfer Draft Environmental Assessment
Jun 19, 2023 2:49 PM
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is proposing to transfer yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from certified, disease free and aquatic invasive free donor sources or State of Montana hatcheries to Flat Lake, near Fort Peck, Montana. Flat Lake (Lat: 48.01831 Long: -106.37188) is a community pond on US Army Corps of Engineers property managed by MFWP for public access. This 16.7-acre pond provides a unique fishing opportunity for those that prefer smaller ponds to the larger reservoirs. It currently supports Crappie that MFWP transferred into the reservoir in 2012 and hatchery-reared Rainbow Trout that are stocked annually. The addition of yellow perch will create a fishery with high catch rates and provide additional opportunity for anglers. This proposal calls to transferring yellow perch of sufficient numbers with the goal of creating a self-sustaining fishery.
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Public Comment Opportunity
The comment period will be open from June 19th, 2023, to July 3rd, 2023. FWP asks that comments on this draft environmental assessment be submitted to either of the following addresses by 5 p.m. on July 3, 2023
Heath Headley (Flat Lake Yellow Perch Transfer)
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
#1 Airport Road
Glasgow, MT 59230
or email: hheadley@mt.gov