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Plan to restore rare trout in Silver King Creek sparks protests

Posted by: Maven on July 9, 2009 at 7:04 am

From the USA Today:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game are moving forward with a plan to restore one of the country’s rarest trout to its native habitat by poisoning a remote Sierra stream, despite ongoing criticism.

An environmental impact report — ordered by a federal judge in 2005 — is in the comment period and expected to be finalized by October. The project, at Silver King Creek, a wilderness area south of Lake Tahoe, is scheduled for next summer.

Since 2002, protests and legal action have delayed the project to restore the rare Paiute cutthroat trout.

“They want to put an agent in the water that kills everything,” says Patty Clary of Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, an opponent of the project. “That’s not OK. This is a very precious area.” Another lawsuit could be filed if the final impact report fails to adequately address concerns over the proposed fish poisoning, Clary says.

“It’s still a very exciting project, and it’s very viable,” counters Bob Williams, field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Reno.

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July 9, 2009 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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