Park Ranger John Malone encourages boaters to think about water safety and to wear a life jacket when visiting Corps of Engineers lakes over the Labor Day weekend! #SafeBoating #ILoveThisLifeJacket #PleaseWearIt #WearIt (Video by Mark Rankin)
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Nov. 8, 2019) – Officials commissioned a bio-acoustic fish fence, an experimental project, during a ceremony today at Barkley Lock. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman James Comer, Kentucky 1st District, along with project partners, ceremonially inaugurated the BAFF system as part of a three-year evaluation to deter Asian carp from migrating through the navigation lock and further up the Cumberland River.
The BAFF sends a curtain of bubbles, sound and light from the riverbed to the water surface, which deters noise-sensitive Asian carp from entering the lock chamber. Fisheries managers on the west coast of the United States use a similar system to guide the movement of trout and salmon from water...
11.08.2019 | GRAND RIVERS, KY, US |
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