2012 Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Proposed Additions to List [41 Pa.B. 6356]
[Saturday, November 26, 2011]Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.11 (relating to listing of wild trout streams), it is the policy of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) to accurately identify and classify stream sections supporting naturally reproducing populations of trout as wild trout streams. The Commission's Fisheries Management Division maintains the list of wild trout streams. The Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, will from time to time publish the list of wild trout streams in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The listing of a stream section as a wild trout stream is a biological designation that does not determine how it is managed. The Commission relies upon many factors in determining the appropriate management of streams.
At the next Commission meeting on January 30 and 31, 2012, the Commission will consider changes to its list of wild trout streams. Specifically, the Commission will consider the addition of the following streams or portions of streams to the list:
County Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Bedford Shawnee Branch Raystown Branch Juniata River Headwaters to backwaters
of Shawnee LakeBedford Tar Water Creek Little Wills Creek Headwaters to UNT Carbon Beaver Run Lehigh River Headwaters to mouth Carbon Robertson Run Lehigh River Headwaters to mouth Clearfield Burns Run Montgomery Run Headwaters to mouth Clearfield Coupler Run Montgomery Run Headwaters to mouth Bedford Shawnee Branch Raystown Branch Juniata River Headwaters to backwaters
of Shawnee LakeBedford Tar Water Creek Little Wills Creek Headwaters to UNT Carbon Beaver Run Lehigh River Headwaters to mouth Carbon Robertson Run Lehigh River Headwaters to mouth Clearfield Burns Run Montgomery Run Headwaters to mouth Luzerne UNT to Black Creek at
Rock GlenBlack Creek Headwaters to mouth Luzerne UNT to Laurel Run (Wheelbarrow Run) Laurel Run Headwaters to mouth Northampton UNT to Delaware River Delaware River Headwaters to mouth Potter Teed Hollow Cowanesque River Headwaters to mouth Schuylkill Swope Valley Run Swatara Creek Headwaters to mouth Susquehanna East Branch Canawacta
CreekCanawacta Creek Headwaters to mouth Venango Lamb Run Allegheny River Headwaters to mouth Venango McCrea Run Allegheny River Headwaters to mouth Westmoreland UNT to Freeman Run Freeman Run Headwaters to mouth Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the classification of the streams listed may submit them in writing to Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P. O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted.
Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be accepted.
JOHN A. ARWAY,
Executive Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-2039. Filed for public inspection November 23, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
