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  • smallfly
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    #330024

    This change in policy is not about dams, but is in response to a lawsuit by the home builders association and development associations.

    Water flows downhill. While on the surface this may appear to only negatively effect further restoration of fish stocks (to some that alone is a major hit, to others it is not) to currently seldom or unused stretches of water, it could also have a serious effect on fish populations that haven’t been sufficiently studied to determine how critical the habitat in those areas of the watershed is to their survival. The burden of proof has been shifted.

    Even where water with fish has been determined to be critical to those fish, in some areas around Puget Sound the economic impact was determined to outweigh the benefits of the salmon (according to the NMFS), so the areas lost protection. At the same time, the NMFS acknowledged that not all benefits of the salmon were accounted for. According to the NMFS officials, they are required to conserve, and “conserving” means keeping the fish from going extinct, not increasing or even keeping current levels.

    smallfly
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    #329843

    I live in dickinson county, Iowa. Have been driving 3 hours to NE Iowa for my trout fix. According the the MN DNR website there are several streams designated as trout streams west of I35. Maybe I’ll have to get a PRIM map for those areas.

    smallfly
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    #329802

    I live in the “middle of no-where”. Although my mailing address says lake park, ia….

    smallfly
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    #329800

    Thanks for all the info. There are a few streams “designated” as trout streams that aren’t near the areas known for their trout (SW and northern MN). If they actually have fishable populations it could cut my travel time to the closest trout down from 3 hours to less than 1…

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