Broodstock
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The wild brown trout of frick park must be like the wild brown trout in the elkhorn in WV. /s
Ninemile suffers from the same issues that most of the other metro areas in this part of the state have - CSO. Thankfully unlike the elk horn most of the raw sewage is treated except for during heavy rain events, when some of it is mixed with storm water and ends up in the creeks and rivers. Ninemile has signage up warning people about the health hazards.
I’ve fished the stream, and seen the stream survey, and talked to the folks at Upstream who are doing great work to conserve what’s left of the daylit portion of this watershed. It’s probably as clean and healthy as it’s been in a hundred years. It cuts right through one of the largest slag heaps in the country- perhaps the world.
Never discourage the will to learn, especially for young people. Even us old farts have lots to still learn too. I think what the kid is trying to say is that conservation is relative. What if in 15 years he becomes a critical force in changing the way our state manages its resource for fisheries and watersheds for the better. Who are we to stop that potential?
FWIW, my money is on spruce run hitting 75 by July 4th. Its watershed is small and has a lot of impermeable surfaces that send runoff into storm sewers. What water is left will be too warm for trout. I love being wrong though, so I’m excited to see what happens next.
Ninemile suffers from the same issues that most of the other metro areas in this part of the state have - CSO. Thankfully unlike the elk horn most of the raw sewage is treated except for during heavy rain events, when some of it is mixed with storm water and ends up in the creeks and rivers. Ninemile has signage up warning people about the health hazards.
I’ve fished the stream, and seen the stream survey, and talked to the folks at Upstream who are doing great work to conserve what’s left of the daylit portion of this watershed. It’s probably as clean and healthy as it’s been in a hundred years. It cuts right through one of the largest slag heaps in the country- perhaps the world.
Never discourage the will to learn, especially for young people. Even us old farts have lots to still learn too. I think what the kid is trying to say is that conservation is relative. What if in 15 years he becomes a critical force in changing the way our state manages its resource for fisheries and watersheds for the better. Who are we to stop that potential?
FWIW, my money is on spruce run hitting 75 by July 4th. Its watershed is small and has a lot of impermeable surfaces that send runoff into storm sewers. What water is left will be too warm for trout. I love being wrong though, so I’m excited to see what happens next.