08-18-2015, 02:08 PM
At the risk of stirring up some serious silt, I have a few questions...
Mona Reservoir had thousands of June Suckers in it. They are protected...right? I mean if you or I were to willfully kill one, I assume we'd get into some sort of trouble. Well, on about July 25 Mona Res was sucked completely dry...presumably to water another crop of hay bound for China. Which resulted in the death of thousands of suckers.
I had heard (and cannot confirm) that several years ago there was a compromise water level purchased by the Feds to preserve the June Suckers in the res...maybe not I guess?
So anyway, thousands of dead carp and suckers (and more than a few 3-5 lb bass from what I hear)...OK, the farmers own all the water to do with as they see fit. They have the power. You can't fight the system. Whatever.
The biggest question I have is why the Utah DWR's stocking report shows that they dumped 30,000 wipers in Mona Res on July 15, just ten days before the lake was a dust bowl.
Can someone enlighten me? Did they actually do that? What might that have cost? Is anyone auditing that program? Seems a little, well...you know.
https://plus.google.com/+JasonDavis1971/...aU6E5Jsg5c
https://dwrapps.utah.gov/fishstocking/Fish
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Mona Reservoir had thousands of June Suckers in it. They are protected...right? I mean if you or I were to willfully kill one, I assume we'd get into some sort of trouble. Well, on about July 25 Mona Res was sucked completely dry...presumably to water another crop of hay bound for China. Which resulted in the death of thousands of suckers.
I had heard (and cannot confirm) that several years ago there was a compromise water level purchased by the Feds to preserve the June Suckers in the res...maybe not I guess?
So anyway, thousands of dead carp and suckers (and more than a few 3-5 lb bass from what I hear)...OK, the farmers own all the water to do with as they see fit. They have the power. You can't fight the system. Whatever.
The biggest question I have is why the Utah DWR's stocking report shows that they dumped 30,000 wipers in Mona Res on July 15, just ten days before the lake was a dust bowl.
Can someone enlighten me? Did they actually do that? What might that have cost? Is anyone auditing that program? Seems a little, well...you know.
https://plus.google.com/+JasonDavis1971/...aU6E5Jsg5c
https://dwrapps.utah.gov/fishstocking/Fish
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