FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Adjustments to the List [40 Pa.B. 7305]
[Saturday, December 18, 2010]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 24 and 25, 2011, the Commission will consider the following adjustment to its list of wild trout streams. Based on previous inventory information, the Commission designated the Little Juniata River as a wild trout stream from the headwaters downstream to the Bellwood Sewage Treatment Plant outflow. Inventory information collected during August 2010 confirmed that a naturally reproducing trout population extends approximately 19.7 miles further downstream to the Barree Road Bridge (SR 4004). Therefore, the Commission will consider extending the wild trout stream limits of the Little Juniata River to include this area. If approved, the revised limits will be from the headwaters downstream to the Barree Road Bridge (SR 4004).
Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the classification of this stream 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 com- pleting 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. 10-2425. Filed for public inspection December 17, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
