tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542101.post116165500752019390..comments2023-11-05T06:47:23.492-05:00Comments on The Flyfishmagazine Blog: More on the proposed Batten Kill StockingMurdockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821088687628449174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542101.post-1161798345342675512006-10-25T12:45:00.000-05:002006-10-25T12:45:00.000-05:00Tom, I agree with you and it is obvious that those...Tom, <BR/><BR/>I agree with you and it is obvious that those who favor the stocking of rainbows are trying every PR tactic possible to get their way. <BR/><BR/>As for the time frame for the decision, I inferred it from this:<BR/><BR/>"Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Wayne LaRoche is expected to decide sometime early next year whether to go ahead with the stocking plan, which is part of a broader plan to restore habitat on the river." <BR/><BR/>Let me know if you have heard differently. I had originally thought it would be made this month.Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821088687628449174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542101.post-1161789455822463952006-10-25T10:17:00.000-05:002006-10-25T10:17:00.000-05:00Just wondering -- where did you get the news that ...Just wondering -- where did you get the news that the decision wouldn't be made until early 2007? It's not in the Boston.com story...<BR/><BR/>As for the issue degenerating into a class war, well... something similar happened on the Upper Sacramento River a few years ago when the catch & kill section (complete with rubber trout) was lengthened. <BR/><BR/>While it wasn't possible to make an argument to extend the section from a science perspective, it was relatively easy to play the "those out of town fly fishers fish here while our own kids can't dunk worms and keep fish."<BR/><BR/>There are of course almost zero kids living along the affected stretch, but false populism is never pretty and hard to argue.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope the Batten Kill fares betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com