WHAT:
The Major League Fishing (MLF) Fisheries Management Division (FMD) will hold two conservation events at Lakeside Park at Lake Logan Martin in Cropwell, Alabama, this week in conjunction with REDCREST 2024 Powered by OPTIMA Lithium and the MLF Outdoor Sports Expo, which is taking place in Birmingham, Alabama.
WHEN:
MLF FMD Kickoff to Alabama Power Renew Our Rivers – Lake Logan Martin (Coosa River)
Saturday, March 16, 7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Minn Kota Habitat Restoration Project Supported by KVD Foundation and MossBack Fish Habitat
Monday, March 18, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
WHERE:
Lakeside Park, 2801 Stemley Bridge Road, Cropwell, Alabama
NOTES:
MLF has partnered with Alabama Power to support the Renew Our Rivers program. Renew Our Rivers began in 2000 as a community river cleanup organized by Alabama Power employees from Plant Gadsden concerned about litter found along the Coosa River. Today, Renew Our Rivers is one of the nation’s largest river cleanups. With the help of local community partners, volunteers and organizations, Alabama Power has coordinated more than 122,000 volunteers and removed 16 million pounds of trash from Southeastern waterways.
Monday’s artificial habitat deployment is the second of five this year for the FMD Minn Kota Habitat Restoration Program at Bass Pro Tour and Tackle Warehouse Invitational stops across the country.
Bass Pro Tour anglers that competed in this week’s REDCREST 2024 championship, and members of the Major League Fishing (MLF) Fisheries Management Division (FMD) in Partnership with Alabama Power, the KVD Foundation and MossBack Fish Habitat will deploy MossBack Artificial Habitat into Logan Martin Lake. Alabama Power will use their habitat enhancement barges to strategically place the habitat into key areas that the numerous fish that call Logan Martin Lake home.
The mission of the Major League Fishing Fisheries Management Division is to improve the quality of life for bass through Research, Education, Fisheries Enhancement, and Fish Care.
Interview Availability:
Wes Anderson, Environmental Affairs, Alabama Power
Steven Bardin, Fisheries Biologist, MLF Fisheries Management Division
Jason Carlee, Water Field Services Manager, Alabama Power
Brent Chapman, MLF Pro Angler
Mike Clelland, Environmental Affairs Specialist, Alabama Power
Gary Klein, MLF Pro Angler
Greg Vinson, MLF Pro Angler
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Major League Fishing (MLF) is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, producing more than 250 events annually at some of the most prestigious fisheries in the world, while broadcasting to America’s living rooms on CBS, Discovery Channel, Outdoor Channel, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network and on demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, the MLF roster of bass anglers includes the world’s top pros and more than 30,000 competitors in all 50 states and 17 countries. Since its founding in 2011, MLF has advanced the sport of competitive fishing through its premier television broadcasts and livestreams and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for bass through research, education, fisheries enhancement and fish care.
