skeeter
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I was just googling around and came across this extremely inventive "hatchery" located in BC, Canada. Don't you think that the PFBC could mimic a design like this for Trout Run and put all those fish into a stable, clean, pure spawning habitat like Weaver Creek. A few things I think that might not work other than importing the gravel would be the numbers of returning fish. Unlike salmon, steelhead return 3-4 years to spawn...don't they, and after a while the amount of fish that would want to pack themselves in there would degrade the habitat and eventually destroy the reds. Maybe implement a "tough structure", a structure that only the biggest and toughest steelhead could get through, like a waterfall or a "Conrail tube", haha. Additionally, I wonder if the steelhead produced in those nursery waters would spread out to other streams like the nut and elk. If not force them, like they do already, put those now "wild" spawners in the elk and nut and heck put these spawning channels on the top end of elk and walnut too. It would most likely be a costly endeavor, but these artificial habitats would eventually pay for themselves since there wouldn’t be a such an increased need for a hatchery.
Weaver Creek Intro
Short Video by a blogger Warning: Very odd informational video!
Weaver Creek Intro
Short Video by a blogger Warning: Very odd informational video!