by JD on January 24, 2011
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Here’s one from the “things you don’t hear every day” file: A small lake in Nor Cal was recently planted with trout…but not your typical power goo-slurping, nub-finned variety. No sir, Mill Creek Lake was recently stocked with steelhead.
The small lake in Mendocino County is the second water in the state planted with native steelhead trout under new environmental mandates. On Jan. 11, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) planted Mill Creek Lake with steelhead trout that were raised at Warm Springs Fish Hatchery. A total of 15,000 fish will be planted in the lake over a five- to six-month period.
[click to continue…]by JD on January 11, 2010
Every January, California steelhead anglers are required by law to return their Steelhead Fishing Report and Restoration Cards to the DFG by mail. Starting this year, however, the DFG has set up an automated system to allow anglers to submit their info online. [click to continue…]
by JD on December 19, 2009
Through the purchase of the Bay-Delta Enhancement Stamps on their fishing licenses since 2004, Californians have added nearly $9 million into the Department of Fish & Game’s coffers. But, according to the Bureau of State Audits, which reviewed the DFG’s use of the stamp’s proceeds, only $1.6 million of that had been spent on projects and administrative costs, leaving a surplus of $7 million.”
Seems like with fisheries crashing all around us, it might be nice to have those $7 million for fishery enhancement eh?
Read Ryan Sabaow’s story in the Redding Record Searchlight and be sure to click on the Bay-Delta Stamp Projects button in the left margin to see where exactly the money has been going (or not).
