09-26-2006, 02:12 PM
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... Given time, and the habitate present... and made one heck of a fishery.[/reply]
This is absolutely correct. Most likely, NOT for smallmouth, but definately for trout. If there was some minimum flow coming from Piute year round. However, with the current status of the SRWU, it isn't happening. How you go about changing that, I don't know, but this media attention is a good start.
Irrigation users have presented problems to fisheries for years in Utah. This isn't a new situation. If you think this problem is bad, what did you think of the 3 years in a row that Minersville was drained dry? What about that past few years when Otter Creek and Piute were drained dry? How many fish died from those situations, with NO attention at all? These drainages killed thousands upon thousands of fish, instead of just a few hundred.
I'm on your side. It's not a good site to see. I just don't get why the outrage over this, while not a word is said about other areas. If you want to throw a fit, why no concern about Koosharem in it's current state?
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... Given time, and the habitate present... and made one heck of a fishery.[/reply]
This is absolutely correct. Most likely, NOT for smallmouth, but definately for trout. If there was some minimum flow coming from Piute year round. However, with the current status of the SRWU, it isn't happening. How you go about changing that, I don't know, but this media attention is a good start.
Irrigation users have presented problems to fisheries for years in Utah. This isn't a new situation. If you think this problem is bad, what did you think of the 3 years in a row that Minersville was drained dry? What about that past few years when Otter Creek and Piute were drained dry? How many fish died from those situations, with NO attention at all? These drainages killed thousands upon thousands of fish, instead of just a few hundred.
I'm on your side. It's not a good site to see. I just don't get why the outrage over this, while not a word is said about other areas. If you want to throw a fit, why no concern about Koosharem in it's current state?
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