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Show II ;he Cedar Wildlife Federation, the project was discussed and an interest was expressed in Uhe posibility of the federation federa-tion continuing the project In the future. ih Mix A lti n MOSS REMOVAL. In a joint effort of various agencies agen-cies moss has been taken from Duck Creek Spring. Teams work to load the moss above while below, Brent Hyatt of Cedar City moves collected materials mater-ials from pond to bank. Agencies combine efforts in moss removal at Duck Creek Spring ' A cooperative program last week resulted In a partial imoss and algae removal pro ject at Duck Creek Springs. In the past few years fishermen fisher-men have been hampered by heavy accumulations of moss and algae near the dike. The project involved Forest Service and Division of Wildlife Wild-life Resources crews who dragged drag-ged floating booma through the most concentrated areas of the plant growth. Vertical chains and weights hung from the booms to uproot the bottom growth as well as skim the floating algae. A National Park Service motor driven wench was used to drag the crews raked the debris out of log booms to shore, where the water and loaded it onto trucks for removal from the site. The only area cleared was adjacent to the dike where most of the shor0 fishing occurs. oc-curs. The remainder of the pond was undisturbed, maintaining main-taining the excellent fly fishing fish-ing habitat for which Duck Creok Pond has long been noted. The skimming project not only improved the quality of bait fishing from the dike, but also improved the esthetics of the pond by removing large Hiantities of cans bottles, and other trash which had become caught in the floating algae over the years. Crews also walked the entire shoreline doing general cleanup and maintenance work. The heavy alga.ol growth is a natural occurance which is associated with hot weather and shallow water. The dragging drag-ging project was only a temporary tem-porary solution to the problem. At last weeks meeting of |