Dual Survival Utah

[intuitive cat]

I thought the rotenone plan was to kill off the brookies to reintroduce native cutthroats. I've never heard anything about using it to introduce browns since they aren't native.

And for some reason I thought you guys had won that fight. Apparently I was wrong...

we did win the fight but from what i was told they did it anyway in secret. a local happened upon them while they were doing it.
you are right about the cutthroats though.

 

[Nick]

we did win the fight but from what i was told they did it anyway in secret. a local happened upon them while they were doing it.
you are right about the cutthroats though.

That sucks. When did they do it? Seemed like there were still a ton of brookies in Boulder and Deer Creek when I went through there in 2013. (Thanks again for the lift! )

 

[intuitive cat]

That sucks. When did they do it? Seemed like there were still a ton of brookies in Boulder and Deer Creek when I went through there in 2013. (Thanks again for the lift! )

I'm not sure. It could have just been rumor. or highly localized to the upper portion of Boulder Creek around the powerplant. I know the initial plan was for that area. they use an additional chemical (kerosene) to neutralize the rotenone and i believe they had planned to put that in just above town. so it wouldn't have affected the population downstream. as i said, it was word of mouth, so it might not be true.

 

[Seldom Seen Anderson]

I'm not sure. It could have just been rumor. or highly localized to the upper portion of Boulder Creek around the powerplant. I know the initial plan was for that area. they use an additional chemical (kerosene) to neutralize the rotenone and i believe they had planned to put that in just above town. so it wouldn't have affected the population downstream. as i said, it was word of mouth, so it might not be true.

I worked for the DNR a few summers ago and we used the Rotenone/ Kerosene method in the gorge to rid it of Red Shiner. It was a pretty interesting process. Had to go in weeks before hand catch all the natives (woundfin minnow for example), then they transported them to St George. The process of transporting fish is insane matching water temps and.... Long story some of the guys worked a 24+ hour shift to get the fish moved and transported.

 

[intuitive cat]

I worked for the DNR a few summers ago and we used the Rotenone/ Kerosene method in the gorge to rid it of Red Shiner. It was a pretty interesting process. Had to go in weeks before hand catch all the natives (woundfin minnow for example), then they transported them to St George. The process of transporting fish is insane matching water temps and.... Long story some of the guys worked a 24+ hour shift to get the fish moved and transported.

that's pretty amazing and awesome that such a huge effort was made to move those fish. I wish that kind of effort was occurring here.