Kentucky Fish and Wildlife wants to turn your live Christmas tree into a fish habitat

Here’s how it works: You bring your tree to one of over thirty drop-off locations across the state. From there, staff will take it, anchor it to a weight, and submerge it alongside others in one of Kentucky’s lakes or reservoirs. The trees will decompose naturally and, in the meantime, provide shelter and shade to fish.

Sunken trees become fish attractors, meaning fish gather around them to feed, shelter, and spawn. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife provides GPS coordinates of fish attractors to anglers so they can fish in these hot spots…

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