Fishing Creek boat ramp dedication honored David Godby

November 5, 2008 by admin

Frankfort, Ky. – Pulaski County government officials will join with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Ducks Unlimited, legislators and several others Oct. 16 for a boat ramp dedication to honor Somerset native David Godby. For 20 years, Godby represented the Ninth Fish and Wildlife District as a member of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.

The boat launch ramp on Fishing Creek just south of Somerset at the end of Lake Forrest Drive will be officially dedicated as the “David H. Godby Boat Ramp” on site at 10 a.m. It was built and then extended later by the department when the Lake Cumberland water level was lowered for repair work on Wolf Creek Dam. The ramp is maintained by Pulaski County Fiscal Court.

Then at noon, an area on Twin Lakes Drive just north of Somerset in Pulaski County will be dedicated as the “Prewitt Farm Wildlife Viewing Area.” The area is part of property formerly known as the Oak Leaf Farm, owned since the early 1950s by Godby’s grandparents, Clellan and Leora Prewitt.

The Prewitts raised cattle and tobacco on the farm, and Godby grew up hunting and fishing there. Later, after Godby acquired the property and Somerset grew northward, operating the farm became more difficult. Part of the property was developed. He resisted development of one piece of the property that was a favorite of waterfowl.

Godby donated that portion of the property for use as a wildlife viewing area, following the legacy of his grandparents, who also donated property to build the Northern Middle School, and the YMCA, and established scholarships for Somerset Community College and bequeathed gifts from their estate to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Ducks Unlimited will maintain the new Prewitt Farm Wildlife Viewing Area.

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