06-04-2018, 05:19 PM
Thanks TubeDude. This was a very interesting read (I never knew Lake Trout made these long distance forays up tributary streams).
I still think that all (even the man with the theory) agree that it is a thousand times more likely that it was an illegal stocking. Easily proven by this "ear study" they refer to, so not even worth debating really.
It has been a disaster for Yellowstone though. 47 species of animals relied on the annual spawning run of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout that invaded the tributaries of the SE quadrant. Those runs went from "walk across their backs" numbers to less than 10 recorded at one point following the Laker introduction... effectively shrinking a large portion of Grizzly Bear habitat (among others). No telling how long it will take nature to reset the table if they can restore the Cutt's to somewhere near their original numbers.
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I still think that all (even the man with the theory) agree that it is a thousand times more likely that it was an illegal stocking. Easily proven by this "ear study" they refer to, so not even worth debating really.
It has been a disaster for Yellowstone though. 47 species of animals relied on the annual spawning run of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout that invaded the tributaries of the SE quadrant. Those runs went from "walk across their backs" numbers to less than 10 recorded at one point following the Laker introduction... effectively shrinking a large portion of Grizzly Bear habitat (among others). No telling how long it will take nature to reset the table if they can restore the Cutt's to somewhere near their original numbers.
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