Brooks & District Fish and Game
Our Projects
Aqueduct Trout Pond
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The Habitat Enhancement Brooks Aqueduct Trout Ponds is one of the biggest challenges our club ever has taken on with a budget of over $118,000.00. Our project is on schedule and on budget because of the great volunteers, partners and sponsors. This project started in 2021 with members of the BFGA talking about what we can do to improve and create better habitat in the County of Newell. We did some research by reading and talking to some of the older members, local residents and volunteers of the BFGA.
We put a team together to get some ideas on how we could accomplish our mission.
We also needed to confirm what we had for water rights from the EID on twenty acres of land at the Brooks Aqueduct Trout Ponds.
As of October 2022 the irrigation system is set up and a trail run has been completed. The fall work is now done and we are ready to complete the field work in the spring of 2023 . The tree and shrub order is confirmed and the order will place shortly for spring planting in 2023.
Why are Brooks & District Fish and Game Association members' involved?
Since the club's first meeting in 1918, the Brooks Fish and Game members, partners and sponsors have been working hard, volunteering thousands of hours to habitat in the Brooks area. One example is: when the farming methods changed from flood irrigation to wheel moves, the loss of habitat greatly affected the sharp tails and pinnated grouse [ prairie chicken]. Pheasants were introduced to the area by CPR and BFAGA to fill the void. The Sproule Property was set aside to preserve habitat in 1950. The Aqueduct marshes were turned into a Buck for Wildlife Project in the early 1970's.
The Brooks Pheasant Festival ran from 1988-2012 raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for habitat projects in the County of Newell.
We have been going strong ever since. The latest Habitat Enhancement Projects: Long Pump property in 2021, Sproule property in 2022 and the Vern Potiuk property in 2022, Habitat Enhancement Project Brooks Aqueduct Trout Ponds in 2021, 2022, 2023
Archery and Rife Range
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Brooks Archery and Rife Range is one of our ongoing projects. We continue to work on making it better. We have currently added a set up for shotguns and are waiting on the final confirmation before it is open to range members.
Sproule
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May,2022 600 shrubs and trees were planted to enhance cover for wild life in the area. Grant was received from ACA
Volunteers from Brooks and area 4-H , JBS environmental, and BDFGA were on hand to plant the bushes and trees.
With a good supply of water from the Eastern Irrigation District we can assure the survival of theses trees for future wildlife habitat.
The on going maintenance of watering and weed control, mowing all be done by the volunteers of the Brooks & District Fish and Game Association members and ACA.
Plans to add another 1200 trees and shrubs is planned for 2024/2025 through grants and other organizations that want to partner up with BDFGA and through the ACA.