{"id":11597,"date":"2020-02-01t01:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-01t01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/making-a-home-for-fish-in-the-desert-takes-a-little-help-and-a-lot-of-pvc\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:36:52","slug":"making-a-home-for-fish-in-the-desert-takes-a-little-help-and-a-lot-of-pvc-by-dylan-simard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/making-a-home-for-fish-in-the-desert-takes-a-little-help-and-a-lot-of-pvc-by-dylan-simard\/","title":{"rendered":"making a home for fish in the desert takes a little help \u2013 and a lot of pvc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by dylan simard, cronkite news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>rio verde, arizona\u2014at bartlett lake and other reservoirs around the state, arizona game &amp; fish department volunteers are building plastic cubes to serve as fish habitat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the \u201cfish cities\u201d are called georgia cubes, which were first developed by the georgia department of natural resources. the cube\u2019s design looks like a long-lost prop from a cheap sci-fi movie. pvc pipe is assembled into a 4-foot cube and secured with glue. holes are drilled into lengths of flexible tubing that are woven through and attached to the pvc cube.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>cord is used to lash two cubes together, cinder blocks are attached, then they\u2019re dropped off the back of a pontoon boat. several hundred \u201cfish cities\u201d have been deployed in roosevelt and bartlett lakes this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthese structures are beneficial to the lakes of arizona, especially these low-elevation desert lakes because they\u2019re all very old,\u201d said david weedman, aquatic habitat program manager for game &amp; fish. \u201cso at the end of this part of this phase of the project, we\u2019ll have about 500 structures out here (at bartlett).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200px\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/351c41f7-7be1-4ab3-bc73-4485a563a03e?dark=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the beds of artificial lakes in arizona are often inhospitable to fish because they\u2019re simply desert floor and soil covered by water, weedman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>bartlett lake was created by damming the verde river in 1939.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cmost of the natural structure, the flooded trees that were in existence when the lakes were built, have all decomposed and broke down,\u201d weedman said. \u201cbasically the shoreline is a barren sand and gravel flat. very poor habitat for fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>anglers also will benefit from the program. gps coordinates and photographs of the georgia cubes are published on the arizona game &amp; fish website to guide anglers to where the fish are. if an angler has a boat equipped with sonar, they\u2019ll also be able to find the cubes underwater.<\/p>\n<p>hunter pauling is an intern with the department\u2019s aquatic habitat program, as well as an avid fisherman. he\u2019s excited for this project, especially because he\u2019s at bartlett lake often.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chosen1-800-800x500.jpg\" \/><figcaption>hunter pauling, an intern with the arizona game &amp; fish department\u2019s aquatic habitat program, examines a georgia cube to determine where to drill next. the cubes require pvc pipe, plastic tubes and glue.&nbsp;(photos by dylan simard\/cronkite news)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chosen3-800-800x500.jpg\" \/><figcaption>pauling, who&#8217;s an avid fisherman, said georgia cubes placed in roosevelt lake have exceeded expectations. &#8220;we &#8230; got excellent feedback from pro fishermen who were saying that it was just wonderful that fish were just stacked up on it,\u201d he said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chosen4-800-800x500.jpg\" \/><figcaption>pauling applies glue to the foundation of a georgia cube, a design developed by the georgia department of natural resources. anglers with boats equipped with sonar will be able to find the cubes underwater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chosen2-800-800x500.jpg\" \/><figcaption>the &#8220;fish cities&#8221; overcome the poor habitat found in most older desert reservoirs. \u201cbasically the shoreline is a barren sand and gravel flat,\u201d said david weedman, aquatic habitat program manager for arizona game &amp; fish.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cat roosevelt (lake), we installed the same exact structures and got excellent feedback from pro fishermen who were saying that it was just wonderful that fish were just stacked up on it, and it was working way better than expected,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>weedman said the department finished dropping nearly 500 cubes in bartlett lake in early august. he said funds aren\u2019t available to start similar work in other arizona lakes, but the department wants to continue enhancing habitat for fish in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em>this story is part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elementalreports.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elemental: covering sustainability<\/a>, a new multimedia collaboration between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cronkite news<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azpbs.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arizona pbs<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kjzz.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kjzz<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpr.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kpcc<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmpbs.org\/home\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rocky mountain pbs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbssocal.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pbs socal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it isn&#8217;t easy being a fish in the desert in arizona. but arizona game &amp; 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