Army Corps of Engineers
American Forests, Spring, 2006
Thousands of Christmas trees are getting a second life thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is turning the stripped and discarded trees into reefs for freshwater fish, according to Reuters News Service. The Corps drills holes in the tree trunks and wires a few trees to a concrete block to create underwater forests near fishing piers.
"The little fish will go in there for cover and to feed and the big fish will follow them," Missouri park ranger Eric Lemons told Reuters. The reefs are considered prime fishing spots for crappie, bass, bluegill and catfish.
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