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Cooperative Effort Restores a Dam

It is not much of a dam as dams go The impoundment behind it is not too big either Hut the project is im port ant for a lot of reasons The New Jersey Division of Kish. (lame and Wildlife, the Cape May County Hoard ol Freeholders and a couple of chanty agencies worked together to firing it about And because they did. lots ol people will enjoy the trails

of their cllorts for a long, long time to come The dam is probably not . as big as the mountain of red tape which had to lie cut to make it a reality Clint Mill Fond is at the end of Heaver Dam Itoad in Dennis Township The dam and the (Mind it creates are part of the 2.r»(Mi acre Heaver Swamp Wildlife Manage ment Area in Middle and

Dennis Townships The Dennisville-Court House Road runs through the management area. TIIK HISTORY of the area predates anyone living Originally, the dam which created the pond was a dike and sawmill at least too years old In the early l%fis. the area came under the management wing of the New Jersey Division ■ of Fish, (iame and Wildlife when it was purchased with funds from the first of NewJersey's Green Acres Bond Issues The funds we're well spent The original dam was in place and the pond behind it teemed with fish. This management area is a multiple use area. It has lots of game - deer, rabbits, squirrels, quail and pheasants on the one hand and waterfowl on the other Tbe acreage includes fresh and salt water marshes and creeks, uplands, swamps, meadow-land and open fields It can be accessed from a number of places. W illi. F. IT IS managed by the Division of Fish. Game and'Wildlife with funds pro vided solely by hunting and fishing licenses, it is open 12 months a year to any and all who care to use it. Prior to the early 1970s. the .dam held back about 50 acres of fresh water which was and still is an important part of the county groundwater recharge system. With no dam in place, fresh water works its waydown into the stream which cuts through the piece of property and on out into Delaware Hay Fresh water so directed is lost to the county recharge potential Water is too valuable to Ikhist in such fashion That's one of the values And with such a benefit, we all are the beneficiaries. TIIK FRKSII \V YTKK impoundment also provides a fine fresh water fishing opportunity Pickerel, sunfish and catfish are the main fresh water fish to lie found in the pond Countless hours of recreational opportunity can tie provided by such an impoundment That's how

m HI jSpI jH ftjH I lor is Ward DAM DEDICATION — South Jersey Fish. Game and Wildlife Manager Rich Hall. Assistant County Engineer James A. Mott. County Engineer Neil Clarke and Fish, (iame and Wildlife Director Russell A. Cookingham attend ceremonies at Clint Mill Pond in the Reaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Dennis Township.

the area is being used Lots of anglers, young and old. enjoyed fishing in Clint Mill Pond. Wildfowlers. too. enjoyed the duck hunting on the pond. That is. until the dam wont-out in the early 1970s From that day when a trickle of water broke through the earthen dam until the dam was rebuilt, the use of the area and the fresh water it was to preserve were lost This past week, the dam was dedicated again. The area is back in use again as it used to be t TIIK AMOCNT of red * tape, the paper work which had to be filed and processed. and the permits which had to Ik* applied for over and again presented problems which kept the project in limbo for years Perserverance paid off. however, and the cooperative effort became a reality On the day that the first trickle of water broke through the surface and started the destruction of the old dam. bureaucracy and a lack of funding created problems Word came kick that the dam was leak mg It was late afternoon on a Friday Calls to several state agencies were unsuccessful in reaching anyone who could authorize repairs on or over a w eekend By Monday when the phone calls finally got through, the hole had widen ed By the lime someone came to look at the problem, the hole had widened to where it was no longer a little project which could be repaired with a couple of loads of dirt and a shovel or two A IIOI.E 35 feet wide had allowed most of the fresh water to rush down the creek to Delaware Bay The dam had to be rebuilt instead of repaired Funds were a problem Then permits and the problems attached to securing them surfaced CountyEngineer Neill Clark and Jim Mott from the CountyEngineer's office rode herd on the permits and finally were able to help get them all approved Clark's office designed and drew up the plans for the spillway. The i permit process took years With support from the ' Board of Freeholders, the county agencies were able

to lend their assistance to the project. When the permits were all in place, funding was needed The Division of Fish. Game and Wildlife, which is supported by hunter and fisherman license fees, could contribute 25 per cent of the needed funds TIIK BALANCE was ap plied for and secured from the federal government The grant was secured from funds the t'.S. Fish and Wildlife Service generated by the Pittman Robertson [ monies which are paid in the form of a tax on sporting goods used by hunters and fishermen Russell Cookingham. director of the Division of Fish. Game and Wildlife, said the project cost was about $70,000 plus the inkind contributions made by the outside agencies. With the aid figured in. Cooking-

ham said the cost was around $100,000. He acknowledged at the dedication ceremonies that without the in-kind contribu (ions, and without the cooperation between the county and the state agen cies. the project would still be in limbo. HE COMMENDED the Board of Freeholders and the county agencies which assisted in the project and thanked them for their help Plaques were presented by Cookingham to the Board of Freeholders for its assistance In addition to the CountyEngineer's office, which did the design work on the dam and assisted in securing the permits, the County Road Department provided trucks and manpower to haul some of the fill from a nearby- state borrow pit which went into the dam. (Page 26 Please!

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