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Knowledge of the Proposed Pond Reclamation Project <br />Anglers were asked if they had "heard a lot ", "a little ", or "nothing at all" about the <br />proposed project. At the present time, warmwater anglers are not well - informed <br />about the proposed project. The largest percentage (48 %) for example, knew <br />"nothing" about the project before being surveyed, while one in three (33 %) report <br />having a "little" knowledge. Fewer than one in five, only 19 %, reported that they had <br />heard "a lot" about the project (Figure 10). <br />Of those who had heard either "a little" or "a lot" about the project, 58% said their 9 <br />information source was the newspaper, 33% said they had heard about it from friends <br />or relatives, 27% said their information source was television, 18 % heard about it <br />from Division of Wildlife Information, 11 % from radio reports, and only 6% heard <br />about the project through public meetings (Figure 1 1) . <br />This particular question hopefully provides some insight to the CDOW for future <br />informational efforts aimed at creating greater awareness on the part of anglers in <br />regards to what events or agency actions they need to be made aware of. <br />Support for the Proposed Pond Reclamation Project <br />There were four specific questions that probed anglers support for the various options <br />presented to them and for the project in general. <br />C2 <br />When asked "Do you support or oppose efforts to help endangered fish by removing • <br />warmwater sportfish from ponds, and is that strong, moderate or slight support ", the <br />warmwater anglers in the four - county area opposed the project by a 55% to 32% <br />margin, with 13% of respondents having no opinion (Figure 12). Those who strongly <br />opposed the project were the largest category of respondents at 32 %, while only 9% <br />of warmwater anglers strongly supported the proposed project (Figure 13). <br />Interestingly, those who reported to have heard "a lot" about the proposed project are <br />more opposed to recovery efforts - 75% oppose - than those who are less informed <br />about the project. In that group roughly 50% oppose (Figure 14). <br />Analysis of the responses to the support question by age category also provides some <br />interesting results. Warmwater anglers 35 years of age and older are opposed to <br />recovery efforts by more than a 2 -to -1 margin (61 % -26 %), while those under 35 <br />years of age are split, 44% in favor of the recovery effort and 44% opposed (Figure <br />15). <br />10 • <br />• <br />