04-01-2014, 11:06 PM
As promised, we're following up on the Red Fleet Reservoir survey results. (The link to the results is at the bottom of this post.) The regional manager, Trina Hedrick, asked me to share her thoughts on the feedback we received:
Many thanks to all of the Red Fleet anglers who responded to our survey. We had 329 people respond.
A few things really stood out to us as we went through the responses. First of all, we haven't done a good job of educating the public about the impacts of predatory fish on our native fish populations in the Green River.
Second, we clearly did not get the survey out to all Red Fleet anglers. Our creel surveys in 2011–2012 showed many more rainbow trout anglers than other anglers. (And while the clientele is likely to have changed in the last few years, it's not likely to have changed that completely.) However, it is clear that the people who responded to this survey prefer walleye and largemouth bass.
We also had more than 60 individuals state that they would like to help develop the Red Fleet management plan. While we can't have that many people help develop the plan, we look forward to identifying groups and representatives for those groups as we move ahead. I'm very happy that people care so much about this issue.
See the results of the 2014 Red Fleet Reservoir survey:
http://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/red_fleet_results.pdf
Amy Canning
Communications Specialist
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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Many thanks to all of the Red Fleet anglers who responded to our survey. We had 329 people respond.
A few things really stood out to us as we went through the responses. First of all, we haven't done a good job of educating the public about the impacts of predatory fish on our native fish populations in the Green River.
Second, we clearly did not get the survey out to all Red Fleet anglers. Our creel surveys in 2011–2012 showed many more rainbow trout anglers than other anglers. (And while the clientele is likely to have changed in the last few years, it's not likely to have changed that completely.) However, it is clear that the people who responded to this survey prefer walleye and largemouth bass.
We also had more than 60 individuals state that they would like to help develop the Red Fleet management plan. While we can't have that many people help develop the plan, we look forward to identifying groups and representatives for those groups as we move ahead. I'm very happy that people care so much about this issue.
See the results of the 2014 Red Fleet Reservoir survey:
http://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/red_fleet_results.pdf
Amy Canning
Communications Specialist
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
[signature]