PORTOLA - The Veterans Memorial Hall is the new location of a public workshop to discuss the Department of Fish and Game's (DFG) pike eradication project. The meeting is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Hall, 442 West Sierra in Portola (Highway 70 on the west end of town).

On Jan. 23, DFG formally announced plans to eradicate the predatory, non-native northern pike. DFG officials will again treat the Plumas County reservoir, which is on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land, some time after Labor Day weekend (Sept. 4) with CFT Legumine, a new liquid formulation of rotenone

Thursday's meeting will allow DFG and USFS officials to explain and discuss with the public their decisions. USFS plans to make its decisions this week on whether or not to issue a Special Use Permit and two forest closures.

This project has been the subject of review since Sept. 14, 2005, which involved a joint Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement by DFG and USFS, and extensive outreach to the local community.

For the latest information on the Lake Davis Pike Eradication Project, go to http://www.dfg.ca.gov/northernpike/index.html