NOTICES
Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; April 2017
[47 Pa.B. 1104]
[Saturday, February 18, 2017]The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams. Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.8a (relating to Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission's policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of this Commonwealth's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. With rare exceptions, the Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking.
Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific. Wild Trout Biomass Class Criteria include provisions for:
(i) Wild Brook Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(C) Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(ii) Wild Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(C) Brown trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iii) Mixed Wild Brook and Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(C) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Brown trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iv) Wild Rainbow Trout Fisheries
Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (1.78 lbs/acre).
(v) Mixed Wild Brook and Rainbow Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brook and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(vi) Mixed Wild Brown and Rainbow Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brown and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lb/acre).
(D) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A wild trout populations. The Commission intends to consider adding these waters to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams at its meeting on April 24 and 25, 2017.
County Stream Section Limits Tributary to Mouth Lat/Lon Brook Trout (kg/ha) Brown Trout (kg/ha) Rainbow Trout (kg/ha) Length (miles) Survey Year Berks Bieber Creek 3 Dam at SR 1021 and T-593 Junction to Mouth Manatawny Creek 40.397221
75.740555— 40.81 — 2.04 2016 Berks Northkill Creek 1 Headwaters to Northkill Road (T-528) Bridge Blue Marsh Lake 40.428889
76.11444442.94 — — 1.92 2016 Berks Trout Run 2 Outflow of Trout Run Reservoir to Mouth Manatawny Creek 40.325278
75.7316670.47 86.83 — 1.35 2016 Cambria Chest Creek 1 Headwaters to UNT at Bradley Junction West Branch Susquehanna River 40.876944
78.73055639.99 — — 3.87 2016 Cambria Emeigh Run 1 Headwaters to UNT at RM 1.11 West Branch Susquehanna River 40.699440
78.80383336.61 — — 2.54 2016 Centre Little Sandy Run 1 Headwaters to Inflow of Three Point Sportsmen Cooperative Nursery Pond North Fork Beech Creek 41.051945
77.94278037.59 — — 2.88 2016 Centre Roaring Run 1 Headwaters to Sink at RM 1.38 Slab Cabin Run 40.772500
77.83388976.82 — — 3.92 2016 Centre UNT to Gap Run (RM 1.39) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Gap Run 40.853248
77.72420282.46 — — 0.68 2016 Clearfield Laurel Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Little Clearfield Creek 40.967499
78.42194450.51 — — 1.94 2016 Clearfield UNT to Bell Run (RM 4.62) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Bell Run 40.970556
78.64305639.81 — — 1.60 2016 Clearfield UNT to Dale Run (RM 0.36) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Dale Run 41.013817
78.26905183.31 — — 0.61 2016 Clinton Left Branch Hyner Run 2 Big Slide Hollow Run to Mouth Hyner Run 41.380556
77.60583332.65 38.03 — 1.70 2016 Clinton McElhattan Creek 1 Outflow McElhattan Reservoir to Inlet of Keller Reservoir West Branch Susquehanna River 41.147499
77.37750217.58 24.20 — 4.12 2016 Clinton McElhattan Creek 2 Outflow of Keller Reservoir to Mouth West Branch Susquehanna River 41.147499
77.37750246.85 42.39 — 3.36 2016 Crawford/
VenangoUNT to Pine Creek (RM 1.09) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Pine Creek 41.618325
79.63960048.02 2.74 — 1.62 2016 Fayette/
WestmorelandRoaring Run 2 Forbes State Forest Boundary to Mouth Indian Creek 40.074167
79.35777832.62 8.83 — 1.90 2016 Indiana Cush Creek 1 Headwaters to Horton Run West Branch Susquehanna River 40.830922
78.789164— 60.00 — 4.68 2016 Lancaster Tucquan Creek 2 Penncroft Drive North (T-438) to Mouth Susquehanna River 39.858056
76.350000— 62.59 — 3.30 2016 Luzerne Laurel Run 1 Headwaters to SR 2007 in Oliver Mills Mill Creek 41.260556
75.85722270.92 — — 1.77 2016 Luzerne Mill Creek 1 Outlet Mill Creek Reservoir to Interstate 81 at RM 4.60 North Branch Susquehanna River 41.260556
75.87055616.36 24.29 — 4.36 2016 Lycoming Zinck Fork 1 Headwaters to Mouth Upper Pine Bottom Run 41.316250
77.44689232.14 2.51 — 1.34 2016 McKean Campbell Hollow Run 1 Headwaters to 1.6 Kilometers Upstream of the Mouth Lillibridge Creek 41.830608
78.25548842.83 — — 1.61 2016 McKean North Branch Sugar Run 1 Headwaters to Railroad Run Sugar Run 41.891945
78.88888531.16 6.80 — 1.97 2016 McKean Paul Brook 1 Headwaters to Mouth Skinner Creek 41.787715
78.30265335.48 — — 2.04 2016 Mifflin UNT to Kishacoquillas Creek (RM 2.11) 2 Springhouse Lane Bridge to Mouth Kishacoquillas Creek 40.613220
77.568298— 66.45 — 0.58 2016 Monroe UNT to Sugar Hollow Creek (RM 0.56) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Sugar Hollow Creek 40.953911
75.442841— 253.76 — 1.23 2016 Pike West Falls Creek 2 Water Fall at RM 0.73 to Mouth Lackawaxen River 41.462744
75.0476740.19 44.79 — 0.73 2016 Potter Earl Hollow Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Allegheny River 41.759166
78.04359613.17 100.17 — 1.87 2016 Potter Lyman Creek 1 Headwaters to Mouth Mill Creek 41.756668
77.95527610.75 85.56 — 5.36 2016 Potter Pump Station Hollow Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Allegheny River 41.747906
78.06388164.43 22.65 — 1.56 2016 Potter South Branch Pine Creek 1 Headwaters to Mouth Pine Creek 41.733665
77.64141139.38 15.05 — 5.09 2016 Potter Teed Hollow Run 2 Button Hollow at RM 1.56 to Mouth Cowanesque River 41.912865
77.60791333.82 — — 1.56 2016 Schuylkill Messers Run 1 Headwaters to Lofty Reservoir at RM 3.61 Catawissa Creek 40.877500
76.09694430.02 — — 1.39 2016 Schuylkill UNT to Lizard Creek (RM 11.35) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Lizard Creek 40.734360
75.8208009.75 43.50 — 2.43 2016 Snyder Moyers Mill Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Walker Lake 40.806944
77.17666748.32 17.19 — 4.57 2016 Snyder UNT (West Branch Bowersox Run) to UNT (Bowersox Run) to Middle Creek (RM 15.05) 1 Headwaters to Mouth UNT (Bowersox Run) to Middle Creek (RM 15.05) 40.763178
77.06041048.25 — — 0.91 2016 Somerset UNT to South Fork Bens Creek (RM 4.47) 1 Headwaters to Mouth South Fork Bens Creek 40.225204
78.986942— 46.50 — 1.35 2016 Sullivan UNT to Mill Creek (Laporte) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Mill Creek (Laporte) 41.430250
76.49035035.56 — — 0.48 2016 Venango Husband Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Oil Creek 41.572388
79.64711743.31 0.40 — 1.88 2016 Warren Roystone Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Twomile Run 41.712324
78.98414147.81 1.31 — 1.17 2016 York Orson Run 2 T-654 Bridge to Mouth Muddy Creek 39.784722
76.396667— 52.66 — 2.27 2016 Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the additions are invited to submit comments in writing to the 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 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. 17-305. Filed for public inspection February 17, 2017, 9:00 a.m.]
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