NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; April 2020
[50 Pa.B. 1199]
[Saturday, February 22, 2020]
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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 lbs/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 27 and 28, 2020.
| 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 | UNT to Rock Run (RM 4.96) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Rock Run | 40.205555
75.958336 | — | 40.26 | — | 1.05 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Bucher Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Salt Run | 41.545349
78.173115 | 54.64 | — | 4.32 | 1.75 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Finley Run | 2 | 3.4 kilometers upstream of Mouth to Mouth | Sterling Run | 41.425000
78.232500 | 30.36 | 11.36 | — | 2.11 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Miller Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Portable Run | 41.433121
78.236015 | 100.48 | — | — | 0.70 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Portable Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sterling Run | 41.425278
78.232498 | 36.71 | 3.04 | — | 5.24 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Reed Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Portable Run | 41.431599
78.236481 | 40.91 | — | — | 0.99 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Salt Run | 2 | Outflow of Salt Run Reservoir to Mouth | Sinnemahoning Portage Creek | 41.522778
78.216111 | 18.79 | 29.09 | — | 1.96 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Snodgrass Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Tannery Hollow Run | 41.414741 78.239660
| 111.77 | — | — | 2.49 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Sterling Run | 1 | Confluence of Finley Run and Portable Run to Mouth | Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.413056
78.197778 | 17.58 | 32.95 | — | 2.30 | 2019 |
| Cameron | Wheatfield Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Salt Run | 41.537261
78.191986 | 61.16 | 0.68 | — | 0.60 | 2019 |
| Cameron/Elk | Big Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Creek | 41.478226
78.366814 | 48.57 | — | — | 4.89 | 2019 |
| Cameron/ Potter | Salt Run | 1 | Headwaters to Outflow of Salt Run Reservoir | Sinnemahoning Portage Creek | 41.522778
78.216111 | 53.63 | — | 9.74 | 4.44 | 2019 |
| Centre | Wallace Run | 1 | Headwaters to North Branch Wallace Run | Bald Eagle Creek | 40.930833
77.816944 | 18.61 | 53.75 | — | 6.74 | 2019 |
| Clearfield | Little Medix Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Medix Run | 41.239444
78.418889 | 47.89 | 1.87 | — | 3.72 | 2019 |
| Clearfield | Slab Run | 1 | Headwaters to I-80 West | Sandy Lick Creek | 41.137289
78.789462 | 41.39 | — | — | 1.69 | 2017 |
| Clinton | Pepper Run | 2 | State Forest Boundary at RM 2.62 to Mouth | Long Run | 41.061389
77.353333 | 28.71 | 23.08 | — | 2.62 | 2019 |
| Clinton | Rockey Run | 1 | Headwaters to State Forest Boundary | Rauchtown Creek | 41.087215
77.234818 | 21.27 | 19.23 | — | 2.15 | 2019 |
| Elk | Kay Fork | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Creek | 41.459464
78.532872 | 46.33 | — | — | 3.48 | 2019 |
| Elk | Mix Run | 2 | English Draft to Red Run | Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.336667 78.198611 | 19.66 | 27.70 | — | 3.27 | 2019 |
| Elk | Mud Lick Hollow | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mix Run | 41.310413
78.272812 | 24.36 | 33.53 | — | 1.61 | 2019 |
| Elk | Red Run | 2 | Paige Run to Mouth | Mix Run | 41.303889
78.243889 | 29.52 | 15.42 | — | 2.30 | 2019 |
| Elk | UNT to Mix Run (RM 5.27) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mix Run | 41.308590
78.266280 | 41.15 | 8.43 | — | 1.21 | 2019 |
| Perry | Blain Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Kansas Valley Run | 40.356527
77.568100 | 47.98 | — | — | 1.54 | 2018 |
| Perry | Hemlock Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sherman Creek | 40.270832
77.630836 | 36.16 | — | — | 1.07 | 2018 |
| Potter | Ellisburg Creek | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Genesee River | 41.929955
77.894669 | 54.83 | 26.92 | — | 2.28 | 2019 |
| Potter | Germania Branch | 1 | Headwaters to Baders Hollow | Kettle Creek | 41.593333
77.627222 | 45.04 | 61.41 | — | 1.91 | 2019 |
| Potter | Germania Branch | 2 | Baders Hollow to Straight Run | Kettle Creek | 41.593333
77.627222 | 31.99 | 41.26 | — | 2.13 | 2019 |
| Potter | Irish Settlement Brook | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Genesee River | 41.983333
77.876111 | 6.50 | 40.77 | — | 2.80 | 2019 |
| Potter | Miller Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Little Kettle Creek | 41.563333
77.703611 | 31.71 | 0.76 | — | 2.08 | 2019 |
| Potter | Rose Lake Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Genesee River | 41.930278
77.895000 | 4.09 | 79.56 | — | 2.86 | 2019 |
| Schuylkill | UNT to Lower Little Swatara Creek (RM 3.38) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Lower Little Swatara Creek | 40.539072
76.339121 | 30.19 | — | — | 1.50 | 2019 |
| Tioga | Bear Wallow Branch | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Right Asaph Run | 41.807718
77.462639 | 166.71 | 4.13 | — | 1.63 | 2019 |
| Tioga | Left Asaph Run | 1 | Confluence of Baker Branch and Rice Branch to Mouth | Asaph Run | 41.790001
77.446388 | 24.29 | 43.23 | — | 2.04 | 2019 |
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.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-269. Filed for public inspection February 21, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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