More than 700 Christmas trees were donated to Eastwood MetroPark in Dayton. 500 of those trees are now at the bottom of Eastwood Lake.

Kelly Kingery is the Program Specialist for Outdoor Recreation with Five Rivers Metroparks.

"We wired them to some cinderblock and then we took them to the lake via boat and then sunk them," Kingery said.

People were able to donate their tree during the first two weeks of January.

Eastwood Lake was originally a quarry and since there isn't a natural habitat for fish, they've decide to create one.

"We want them to have places where they can get in and hide and allow themselves to get bigger and then also propagate more fish," she said. "We found in our last study that some of our fish were being stunted. A lot of that comes from not eating enough food, so this will definitely help."

The trees were strategically placed. The hope is for bigger and better crappie, yellow perch and bass.

"Near those brush piles there is going to be larger fish cruising," she said.

Kingery hopes the trees will also benefit other animals within Eastwood Metropark.

"We have bald eagles here, so more fish, bald eagles are going to say, 'hey, there's my buffet,'" she said.

The remaining 200 trees will be spread throughout the park as place for small prey to escape predators.