Recovery of threatened trout taking too long: conservationists

A Westslope Cutthroat Trout.

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Recovery of threatened trout taking too long: conservationists

Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, June 12, 2015

Conservation groups are calling for immediate action to help threatened trout in Alberta after a review showed most streams and rivers in the Oldman watershed are still being negatively impacted by development.

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War on Trout: Destructive Activities Cripple Native Trout Populations

War on Trout: Destructive Activities Cripple Native Trout Populations

Alberta Wilderness Association, June 09, 2015

Human-caused threats to bull trout and cutthroat trout in the Oldman watershed combined with snail’s pace recovery action by the provincial and federal governments has led to severe limits on population recovery. A new review of overlapping human impacts throughout this watershed shows virtually every creek and river home to native trout has been negatively impacted or is threatened by logging, off-highway vehicle use, stream crossings, oil and gas development, coal mining, overharvesting, roads, dam operations or combinations of these. (See map below)

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