2008 Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Additions, Deletions and Adjustments [38 Pa.B. 1330]
[Saturday, March 15, 2008]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 April 21 and 22, 2008, 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
of MouthStream Name Tributary To Section Limits Blair Beaverdam Branch Frankstown Branch
Juniata RiverHeadwaters downstream to
SR 22 Bridge in HollidaysburgBradford Mill Creek Towanda Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Centre UNT to Sixmile Run
(at Dayton Dam)Sixmile Run Headwaters downstream to mouth Clinton Bald Eagle Creek West Branch
Susquehanna RiverHeadwaters downstream to
inlet of Foster Joseph Sayers LakeHuntingdon Halfmoon Creek Spruce Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Jefferson Manners Dam Run North Fork
Redbank CreekHeadwaters downstream to mouth Lycoming Glade Run West Branch Susquehanna River Headwaters downstream
to Interstate 180 crossingNorthumberland UNT to Glade Run Glade Run Headwaters downstream to mouth Northumberland UNT to West Branch
Susquehanna RiverWest Branch
Susquehanna RiverHeadwaters downstream to mouth Susquehanna Dubois Creek North Branch
Susquehanna RiverHeadwaters downstream to mouth Tioga Big Rift Creek Tioga Reservoir Headwaters downstream to mouth Tioga Ives Run Hammond Lake Headwaters downstream to mouth Tioga Painter Run Mill Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Tioga Phoenix Run Mill Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Tioga West Branch
Painter RunPainter Run Headwaters downstream to mouth Warren Conklin Run Allegheny River Headwaters downstream to mouth The Commission also will consider the following adjustments to the list:
County
of MouthStream Name Tributary To Section Limits Adjustment Berks UNT to UNT Muddy Creek
(Maple Grove Drag Strip SGL 52)UNT to Muddy Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Change in Water Name. Former name was UNT to Rock Run (SGL 52). Chester Buck Run West Branch
Brandywine CreekHeadwaters downstream to mouth Downstream extension based on 2007 data documenting the presence of a wild brown trout population. In addition, the Commission will consider the removal of the following stream from the list:
County
of MouthStream Name Tributary To Section Limits Montour Mahoning Creek North Branch
Susquehanna RiverHeadwaters downstream to SR 3001 Bridge. There was no trout reproduction found in this creek in a survey conducted on 6/17/2007. 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.
DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,
Executive Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-480. Filed for public inspection March 14, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
