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JUst ducky: MARSH project marks
25 years of wetlands at Rum Creek
BY TERRY JOHNSON
T his year marks
the 25th an
niversary of
Georgia's first
MARSH project.
The 25-acre wetland is lo
cated right here in
Monroe County
adjacent to Juli
ette Road on the
Rum Creek
Wildlife Manage
ment Area.
The project is a
cooperative effort
between Ducks
Unlimited,
Georgia Wildlife
Resources Division
and Georgia
Power Company. Since
that historic project was
constructed, 22 additional
MARSH projects have
been completed across the
state.
Since 1937 Ducks
Unlimited has been
aggressively working to
preserve and enhance
North America's rapidly
disappearing wetlands.
From 1937-1974 Ducks
Unlimited directed its
efforts at saving and
enhancing North
America's primary water-
fowl breeding grounds in
the Prairie Pothole region
of Canada. However, in
1974 the nation's premier
private waterfowl conser
vation group launched a
new initiative to protect
vital waterfowl wintering
grounds in Mexico. DU
expanded the thrust of its
waterfowl conservation
efforts 10 years later to
include enhancing wet
lands in the U. S. This
program was given the
acronym MARSH, which
stands for Matching Aid to
Restore States Habitat.
Ducks Unlimited funds
the effort by returning 7.5
percent of the monies
raised by DU chapters
within a state to that
state on a 1:1 matching
basis. Since its inception
of DU's MARSH initia
tive, 70 chapters in the
Peach State have raised
$2 million for waterfowl
conservation projects here
in Georgia. These monies
have has helped fund 52
waterfowl con
servation proj
ects and
enhance 22,949
acres of critical
wetlands.
Some $42,000
was spent on the
historic Rum
Creek WMA
MARSH project.
The success
enjoyed by the
project has
demonstrated that this
was money well spent.
The actual work on the
project was performed by
the Georgia Wildlife
Resources Division. High
Falls resident and
Fisheries Technician
Bobby Jones served as
foreman
and tech
nical
advisor.
The
wetland
other seeds as well as corn
and other planted crops.
The flooded forest also
offers a place for wood
ducks and others to roost
and loaf throughout the
winter. In the spring,
immediately before buds
begin to appear on the
hardwood trees, the area
is drained. This ensures
that the trees will not be
killed by prolonged flood
ing.
This management
scheme has proved effec
tive. Over the years more
than a dozen species of
waterfowl including mal
lards, wood ducks, ring
necked ducks, black ducks,
gadwall, pintails, wigeon
and teal regularly use the
impoundment. It addition,
it has provided a refuge
for ducks wintering on
Lake Juliette. When the
birds are pressured by
hunters on the lake, many
simply retreat to the safe-
RUM CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
WETLAND ENHANCEMENT
was cre
ated by
con-
DUCKS
UNLIMITED
structmg
a low
dike
along the
banks of
Rum
Creek.
The dike
impounded two very dif
ferent habitats. One is a
bottomland hardwood for
est stocked with oaks and
other mast (hard seed)
bearing plants. Adjacent
to it is a open field that is
planted in corn and other
favored waterfowl crops.
Prior to the arrival of
southbound ducks the
impoundment is flooded
with water pumped out of
Rum Creek. This creates
an ideal place for water-
fowl to feed on acorns and
4 COOPERATIVE WE TL AND AND WATERFOWL HABITAT'
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
BETWEEN
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION
AND
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
AND
DUCKS UNLIMITED MgSX
GEORGIA
POWER
ty provided by the
MARSH project. This, in
turn, keeps waterfowl in
the area longer than they
would otherwise if they
didn't have a refuge.
The MARSH Project has
also proven to be a haven
for a wide variety of other
wildlife. Otter, beaver,
mink and muskrat all use
the area. Additionally over
70 species of songbirds
and a host of reptiles, and
amphibians have made
their homes in this watery
world. In addition, dozens
of species of moths and
butterflies have found the
25-acre wetland to their
liking.
Several years ago The
Environmental Resources
Network (TERN) funded
the construction of an
observation platform on
the shores of the impound
ment. Each year hunters,
photographers and others
that enjoy watching
waterfowl and other
wildlife use the facility.
Over the years this have
allowed countless young
sters and oldsters to
learned about wildlife con
servation and nature.
The success of the ven
ture has attracted the
attention of private
landowners. Using the
area as a model, some
have built similar
impoundments of their
own lands.
For the past several
years, a small
number of youth
waterfowl hunts
have been held at
the MARSH proj
ect. These hunts
provide an unbe
lievable opportu
nity for parents
and grandparents
to introduce
young girls and
boys to the sport
of waterfowl hunt
ing.
What began
back in 1987 as a
project designed to provide
wintering habitat for
waterfowl has indeed met
its goal. However, during
the past 25 years it has
become so much more. I
think you would have to
agree that was money well
spent.
Thanks Ducks
Unlimited; without your
help, none of this would
have happened.
Terry Johnson has written
Monroe County Outdoors
for The Reporter for years.
Email your outdoor question
or comment for him to
tjwoodduck@aol.com.
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