Habitat Enhancement Program

GRDA Lake Permits and Waivers:

Private and Commercial Dock Permit

Domestic and Irrigation Water Permit

Installing a Breakwater Permit

Permit to Dredge

Marine and Special Event Permit

GRDA Vegetation Management Packet-Rules and Application

Before You Place Buoys Permit

Lake Waivers

With names like duck potato and bass grass, its sounds as if the aquatic plants being transplanted to the shores of Grand Lake may appeal mostly to our friends with fins and feathers.

And that’s exactly the point. However, the cooperative habitat enhancement project, being undertaken by the Grand River Dam Authority, Oklahoma Water Resources Board and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, will yield benefits for more than just fish and fowl.

This new vegetation can help stabilize the shoreline, improve water quality, serve as a buffer against excessive nutrients in the water and have an overall positive impact on the function of Grand Lake’s ecosystem.

Aquatic plants:

. Provide cover for small fish
. Provide food for waterfowl
. Improve water quality by absorbing nutrients
. Increasing dissovled oxygen
. Improve water clarity
. Prevent shoreline erosion

Ecosystems
Management Staff

Habitat Enhancement Program

"Rush for Brush"
The GRDA Ecosystems Department would like to send a huge thank you to all the volunteers that helped make the 2009 Annual Rush for Brush a success! With the help of 174 volunteers, a total of 1650 blocks were placed in our lakes, 1350 in Grand and 300 in Hudson.

GRDA holds this series of events every year in the Spring so check back later for events scheduled in 2010.

2010 "Rush for Brush" Schedule
GRDA is inviting all area anglers to join our 5th annual “Rush For Brush” project to enhance the fish habitat on Grand and Hudson Lakes. The project consists of building artificial brush habitats and placing them at your favorite fishing spot.

“Build-a-Brush Workshop” - Saturday, 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Anglers will build fish habitats that can be picked up at the end of the day for placement in Grand or Hudson lakes. This is a come and go event with building supplies provided by GRDA.

GRAND LAKE
April 10 - Martin’s Landing
May 22 - Dam Spillway Ramp

LAKE HUDSON
May 8 - Lake Hudson Inn

Supplies are limited, so please reserve your “Build-a-Brush” kit by contacting:
Jacklyn Jaggars at 918-782-4726.

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