09-21-2017, 12:32 PM
[quote pacscrumhalf]This has been an excellent thread to read! Thanks to everyone for their input.
I think the Lahontan cutthroat is a great idea in principle if the lake could be cleaned up, dredged, etc. They seem to have the best chance of surviving Utah Lake's environment. But how would their status as a threatened species play into that option? If not the Lahontan cutthroat, aren't browns pretty hardy as well? Any other trout or salmonid species?
Thanks TD for bird dogging this topic!
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[#0000FF]There are probably quite a few more species that would survive and prosper in Utah Lake. But the big kicker is the June sucker. As long as it is on the endangered species list...and is under an aggressive and expensive restoration program...we are not likely to see approval for adding any more predators (sucker eaters) to the food chain.
For anyone not familiar with Lahontan cutts, they really are fish munchers. In Pyramid Lake (NV) they subsist almost entirely on "cui ui"...a small sucker...and tui chubs. Not a good endorsement for them being dumped into Utah Lake.
Personally, I would love to see some flathead cats in Utah Lake. But even the mere mention of something like that is enough to elicit screams of anguish from the Junie huggers. If you really wanna set them off start talking alligator gars.
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I think the Lahontan cutthroat is a great idea in principle if the lake could be cleaned up, dredged, etc. They seem to have the best chance of surviving Utah Lake's environment. But how would their status as a threatened species play into that option? If not the Lahontan cutthroat, aren't browns pretty hardy as well? Any other trout or salmonid species?
Thanks TD for bird dogging this topic!
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[#0000FF]There are probably quite a few more species that would survive and prosper in Utah Lake. But the big kicker is the June sucker. As long as it is on the endangered species list...and is under an aggressive and expensive restoration program...we are not likely to see approval for adding any more predators (sucker eaters) to the food chain.
For anyone not familiar with Lahontan cutts, they really are fish munchers. In Pyramid Lake (NV) they subsist almost entirely on "cui ui"...a small sucker...and tui chubs. Not a good endorsement for them being dumped into Utah Lake.
Personally, I would love to see some flathead cats in Utah Lake. But even the mere mention of something like that is enough to elicit screams of anguish from the Junie huggers. If you really wanna set them off start talking alligator gars.
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