Blog Posts from Duck Creek CA Updates - 2014

Getting out into the duck marsh or the deer woods this time of year allows for extra time to sit and think...

An update to what is being put on the ground at the Greenbrier Unit.

As we flip the calendar forward into October and feel the cool nights, farmers are busy in the fields harvesting their crops. In the timber a different type of crop is ripening and it is time to evaluate the extent of acorns in the bottomland forest canopy.

Although the September teal season brings into focus the upcoming waterfowl season, it is also the time in which we reflect on the ducks that were produced on Duck Creek.

Last week I was out looking to see what kind of food would be available for early season migrants like blue-winged teal.

Some may think that there isn’t much to see in a wetland during the summer. With spring migration long since passed and several sultry months to go before the activity of fall migration begins, what is there to look at and enjoy in a wetland? It is a good question.

We wanted to let folks know that Pool 1 on Duck Creek will be closed to fishing for one partial day, which has yet to be determined, from first light of day until the completion of the job.

Although I grew up in a small town, I learned at an early age on my grandpa’s farm that nothing runs like a big green tractor.

The past several days feel like spring might actually show up and stay for a while. The warmer temperatures and rolling thunderstorms seem to indicate there might be a chance of May flowers after all.