Too Hot For Trout

Montana regularly invokes so-called "hoot owl" restrictions on fishing hours on certain streams, mostly lower elevation waters already marginal for trout, and has done so for decades. Suspends all fishing between late morning to late evening hours due to increased mortality even from catch and release. Breakpoint is 78 degrees F for mid-day temps.
 
It is free flowing now, the dam remnants will be out soon. I wonder if it was in time. Certainly hope so for our future generations.
 
Nice story in the SF Chronicle about the project.
A lot of people involved in the take down.
There still are 2 dams up river that will stay but they have fish ladders.
The power company milked the use from them until they became obsolete
and the public pressure to remove them became more than they wanted to go through.

Both states Ca and Or did a lot of work on this project.
The only people complaining are some residents in the small towns
near the dams.They used the lakes for boating/fishing.
The native community is liking it.
Great to have the returning fish.
Frank
 
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