NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
2009 Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Additions, Deletions and Adjustments
[39 Pa.B. 1366]
[Saturday, March 14, 2009]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 20 and 21, 2009, 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 Mouth Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Cambria Browns Run West Branch Susquehanna River Headwaters downstream to mouth Cambria Howells Run North Branch Little Conemaugh River Headwaters downstream to First SR 2013 Bridge downstream of Ebensburg Clearfield Deer Creek West Branch Susquehanna River Headwaters downstream to confluence with Little Deer Creek Clearfield Little Deer Creek Deer Creek Headwaters downstream to confluence with UNT 25998 near Gillingham Elk North Branch Island Run Island Run Headwaters downstream to mouth Elk South Branch Island Run Island Run Headwaters downstream to mouth Mercer UNT to East Branch
Wolf CreekEast Branch
Wolf CreekHeadwaters downstream to mouth Montour West Branch
Chillisquaque CreekChillisquaque Creek Headwaters downstream to SR 0044 Bridge in Exchange Schuylkill Spies Run Catawissa Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth Schuylkill UNT to Catawissa Creek
(RM 36.96)Catawissa Creek Headwaters downstream to mouth The Commission also will consider the following adjustments to the list:
County of Mouth Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Adjustment Tioga Baldwin Run Marsh Creek Headwaters downstream to confluence with
UNT at RM 1.16 (outflow of wetlands)Downstream removal based on 2008 data that confirmed wild trout were absent from the lower 1.16 miles of stream Union Spruce Run Buffalo Creek Headwaters downstream to confluence with Black Run Downstream extension based on 2008 data documenting the presence of a wild brown trout population Wayne Rose Pond Branch East Branch
Dyberry CreekHeadwaters downstream to mouth Stream name change from Rose Pond Brook to Rose Pond Branch In addition, the Commission will consider the removal of the following stream from the list:
County of Mouth Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Somerset Little Piney Creek Piney Creek Elk Lick Rod and Gun Club Dam
downstream to mouthPersons 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. 09-489. Filed for public inspection March 13, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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