Friends of Lake Hefner

SAVE THE HATCHERY!! CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE!!!
Important facts to relate to them!!

*The hatchery costs $160,000.00 per year, but it can be run on $140,000.00
*Anglers bought 1804 City permits in 2008 totaling $140,640.00 which could pay for the hatchery.
*Retail sales from fishing was $14,825,937.00.
*Retail sales tax from fishing was $610,696.00 from state and $574,241.00 city.
*168 median wage retail jobs were supported by fishing in 2008.
*Hatchery staff cost is matched annually by a $3 to $1 federal grant totaling $210,000.00
for fishing related infrastructure in OKC
*State wildlife department provides the hatchery 1.2 million hatchlings to raise for the Lakes
Hefner, Overholser, Draper, and 13 smaller ones annually.
*Losing the cost for maintaing fishing stocks would be $500,000.00 annually. (not happening!!)
*****LOSING THE HATCHERY MEANS LOSING MOST OF THE FISH, A LOT OF THE
RETAIL SALES AND PERMITS, AND ALL OF THE $210,000.00 ANNUALLY!!!!!