South Fork of the Flathead Poisoned to Restore Cutthroat Populations
By Tom Chandler on Sep 14, 2007 in Environment, News
Poisoning streams loaded with perfectly catchable trout raises the blood pressure of some fly fishers, while others see it as a reasonable technique used to recover native cutthroat populations.
Next month, the South Fork of the Flathead River will be poisoned to make room for cutthroat restoration, and not everybody’s happy about it. Via the New West Network:
But federal and state officials, and some environment groups, say a controversial plan to poison 21 lakes and streams in the South Fork Flathead River Watershed in Northwest Montana beginning next month is a necessary move, aimed at protecting one of Montanas prized species, the native westslope cutthroat trout. Others, including many local ranchers, businesses and outfitters, maintain that the Westslope Cutthroat Conservation Projects attempt to remove rainbow and hybrid trout species from the drainage is destined to fail, causing further damage to fragile ecosystems.
Read the rest of the story at: To Protect Cutthroat, the South Fork of the Flathead to be Poisoned
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