FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Proposed Additions to and Removal from List [42 Pa.B. 2560]
[Saturday, May 12, 2012]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 July 16 and 17, 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 Blair UNT to Frankstown Branch Juniata River Frankstown Branch Juniata River Headwaters downstream 1.24 miles to Sinkhole Cambria Strayer Run Saint Clair Run Headwaters to Mouth Clarion UNT to Toby Creek Toby Creek Headwaters to Mouth Clearfield Stony Run Anderson Creek Headwaters to Mouth Clinton Hoover Hollow Run Kettle Creek Lake Headwaters to Mouth Cumberland Burd Run Middle Spring Creek Headwaters to Mouth Elk Connerville Run Clarion River Headwaters to Mouth Elk Gillis Run Clarion River Headwaters to Mouth Fayette Tebolt Run Big Sandy Creek Headwaters to Mouth Fayette Mounts Creek Youghiogheny River Headwaters to Bridge on T819 (Eutsey Road) Forest Coleman Run Clarion River Headwaters to Mouth Forest Johns Run Tionesta Lake Headwaters to Mouth Forest Twomile Run Salmon Creek Headwaters to Mouth Forest UNT to Salmon Creek Salmon Creek Headwaters to Mouth Jefferson Daugherty Run Clarion River Headwaters to Mouth Jefferson Hugh Run Mill Creek Headwaters to Mouth Jefferson Leeper Run Clarion River Headwaters to Mouth Jefferson Parks Run Mill Creek Headwaters to Mouth Lackawanna Painter Creek Panther Creek Headwaters to Mouth Lehigh Rockdale Creek Lehigh River Headwaters to Mouth Northampton Bull Run Lehigh River Headwaters to I-78 (eastbound lane culvert) Northumberland Lithia Springs Creek North Branch Susquehanna River Headwaters to SR 0011 Bridge Pike UNT to Pinchot Brook (RM 0.01 Woodtown Road) Pinchot Brook Headwaters to Mouth Schuylkill Keenigs Creek Little Schuylkill River Headwaters to Mouth Schuylkill Stump Run Little Schuylkill River Headwaters to Mouth Schuylkill UNT to Little Schuylkill River (RM 12.99—Hecla West Side) Little Schuylkill River Headwaters to Mouth Schuylkill UNT to Little Schuylkill River (RM 18.24—Zehners) Little Schuylkill River Headwaters to Mouth Somerset UNT to Whites Creek (RM 7.34) Whites Creek Headwaters to Mouth Venango Porcupine Run East Sandy Creek Headwaters to Mouth Venango Shaw Run East Sandy Creek Headwaters to Mouth Venango Shull Run Allegheny River Headwaters to Mouth Warren Bimber Run Allegheny River Headwaters to Mouth Warren UNT to Tionesta Creek (Henrys Mills) Tionesta Creek Headwaters to Mouth Westmoreland Poplar Run Baldwin Creek Headwaters to Mouth Westmoreland Sugar Run Big Spring Run Headwaters to Mouth In addition, the Commission will consider removal of the following stream from the list, as a recent survey documented the absence of wild trout in that water.
County Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Westmoreland Bear Pond Hollow 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. 12-866. Filed for public inspection May 11, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
