The purpose of the meeting is to update the community on continuing work, and to hear from the public. Recommendations include using various types of nets at the Lake, electrofishing, and improving enforcement and public outreach. One of the recommendations is analyzing the use of detonation cord in portions of the lake where pike are concentrated.
Detonation cord is about as thick as a pencil, and comes wrapped on spools.
It may be suspended in the water, and set off with a blasting cap. It has been used on the Eel River in Humboldt County to control pikeminnow, which were eating steelhead and salmon fry. Paulsen will show a short video of the Eel River work. The firm will prepare an Initial Study under the California Environmental Quality Act, and will hold two public hearings. Meanwhile, Fish and Game is continuing its study to determine if the detonation cord proposal is actually feasible in Lake Davis, and are working with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to determine if the use of the cord would impact lake water quality.