07-29-2015, 08:30 PM
The 1990 press release before Rotenone
"However, the DWR wants to get all the trout, too, because it doesn't want any leftover trout interbreeding with the Bear Lake cutthroat that will be stocked after the treatment. It is hoped the cutthroat in Strawberry can be maintained as a pure strain. Sterile rainbow and kokanee will be stocked to supplement the Bear Lake cutthroat."
Chub control was Rotenone's job.
The plan from the start was a pure strain Cutthroat hatchery, I simply believe as I have stated that many other smaller reservoirs would have been a better site.
Why not a much smaller location for the hatchery plan? I mentioned several that I believe would have done the job.
Strawberry's many resources are wasted as a Hatchery to preserve one species.
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