June 2012 Renovation Update

On July 24th, 2012 at 9:57am Bandtaker1 said:

Any plans to control the cockleburrs on Unit A and B? Corn is looking better but I noticed lots of cockleburrs emerging also.

On July 12th, 2012 at 9:07am cordek said:

Bandtaker; There was no corn left in any of the plots by April.  We mowed the stocks to allow herbicide application if necessary. There are plans to do some later season flood plots if dry weather conditions improve, but there will be no corn food plots at Dark Cypress this year.

On July 7th, 2012 at 8:23pm Bandtaker1 said:

What happened to last years corn in Dark Cypress? Was it harvested after the season was over? Are there any plans to plant corn or any other crops in Dark Cypress for this waterfowl season?

On July 5th, 2012 at 6:24pm Colored denim said:

Thanks for the info. This looks very promising for the future.... Great job.

On July 5th, 2012 at 10:24am MattB said:

Bandtaker we have not made any repairs to these blinds at this time.  All repair work to the blinds will start later in the summer right before we brush them.  We'll take a look at every blind and make repairs as needed then.

On July 5th, 2012 at 10:05am Bandtaker1 said:

Has any repair work been done on blinds X4, J1, AA1? Door slide was broken off X4 last season. Blind AA1and J1 had some door issues also.

On June 28th, 2012 at 8:13pm Bub said:

Thanks frank for the info, got a lot on my to do list before season creeps up on us. It's been nice having this site to keep tabs on renovation progress, keep up the good work !!!

On June 28th, 2012 at 8:49am frank said:

Last week the southeast regional staff was all over the place banding various groups of Canada Geese that were accessible. We herded birds up at a variety of locations including Wappapello, Dexter, Oak Ridge, Cape, Jackson, Malden, and Charleston. I’m not sure what the total count was, but can tell you it was above 250 honkers.

On June 28th, 2012 at 8:43am frank said:

This winter I thought we would be able to chip away on a few additional projects during this summer.  However, with deadlines, permits, and some staff turnover it is going to work out better if we roll them all together and knock it out during next year’s construction season. We are still pushing to clean stuff up on the west side of Pool 3 and get that operational by this fall, but I can’t promise anything.

On June 27th, 2012 at 7:09pm Bub said:

will there be any work in Pool 2 & 3 this summer, just wondering if it's gonna be ready for this fall ? Also would like to know if there were any Canada's banded on the area this year ?

On June 26th, 2012 at 6:27pm Anonymous said:

Nonetheless the place looks very promising for the future....great job guys.

On June 26th, 2012 at 1:25pm frank said:

As you know, over the last month or two we’ve gone out and disked down the cocklebur, false aster, and Bermuda grass.  We’ve definitely knocked these species back, but with the lack of any soil moisture nothing else has really come up either.  In the places we didn’t disk we’ve maintained some good stands of smartweed, which should provide some food this fall.   Unfortunately, these hot conditions are ideal for more cocklebur to crop up wherever it can get a foothold.  In regards to the corn, it is out there, but it is struggling. We’ve got some locations that the plants are between knee and waste high and other spots where it didn’t come up or is ankle height. Like everyone else that is trying to grow crops, several days of slow and steady rain is needed to sink in and help these plants out.  Unfortunately, I'm not seeing that in the forecast.

On June 26th, 2012 at 12:23pm Darin said:

Any luck on fighting back the cockleburs on the renovation area? Hows the corn crop doing?