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Outdoors
Bull TJ'out warranted
by Geoff Schneider
Nevada Division of Brddlife
LAKE MEAD - Anglers are enjoying warm
weather and fairly good action for both striped bass
and largemouth bass, according to the Nevada Divi-
si6n of Wildlife.
Shore fishing has been productive for stripers at
Hemenway Harbor during the evening hours. Fish
from one to three pounds are being taken with yel-
low Bomber long A lures.
Other productive areas for stripers have been the
campground below Las Vegas Bay Marina and Gov-
eminent Wash. A boater had good success recently
by fishing with shad at a depth of 180 feet in Las
Vegas Bay.
Largemouth bass are being taken from brush in
coves. One of the better areas for bass has been
Saddle Cove.
LAKE MOHAVE - Trout are being taken at Wil-
low Beach while small stripers continue to be caught
near Cottonwood Cove.
Over the weekend a number of anglers had good
luck by casting small spinners and Power Bait to
planted trout at Willow Beach.
Despite high winds, fishing has been good for boat-
ers in front of Cottonwood Cove Marina. The fish
have generally been running from 12-16 inches in
length.
WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGE-
MENTAREA- Rainbow trout fishing has been spo-
radic and very few large fish have been seen in the
catch.
Most OF the fishing activity has been taking place
at Haymeadow Reservoir. A few anglers have been
catching fish, but most have had to put in quite a bit
of effort to get a bite.
EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR-The ice is off
the lake and trout fishing has only been mediocre.
Anglers may have to wait for the water temperature
to warm by several degrees before the action im-
proves.
ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR - Fishing has
generally been below par for rainbow trout and large-
mouth bass, but good for white crappie. The lake s
water level is high and small boats can be launched
from the ramp.
SCHROEDER RESERVOIR - Beaver ponds
have caused the hiking trail leading to the lake to be
inundated with two feet of water. Anglers may wish
to avoid the lake until access is improved.
Big game
application in
mail to 78,000
Regulations brochures and applications for Nevada's
1997 deer and big game hunts are being mailed this
week to nearly 78,000 resident and nonresident hunt-
ers.
Only those hunters who applied for tags last year will
receive applications in the mail. Hunters who have
changed their mailing address during the past year will
not receive applications.
Applications must be received by mail at the Hunt
Application Office in Fallon
by 5 p.m. on April 21 to be
eligible for the tag draw-
ings.
Regulations and applica-
tions will be available by
early next week at stores
that sell hunting licenses
and the Nevada Division of
Wildlife, 4747 West Vegas
Drive.
Fish and wildlife service confirms that two popu-
lations of the bull trout warranted listing under
Federal Endangered Species Act:
Agency will request court's permission to ob-
tain updated information
Complying with a court order, the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service today confirmed that the Klamath
and Columbia River bull trout population segments
warranted listing under the Federal Endangered Spe-
cies Act based on 1994 data. The Service made
today's announcement in response to an Oregon U.S,
District Court order to reconsider the agency's 1994
decision. "At the court's direction, the Service could
only consider the information that was before us in
1994," Regional Director Michael J. Spear says.
"More current information is available in 1997, and
we would like to be able to use that information in
taking action to protect the fish."Specifically, the
Service will petition the court for approval to issue,
by August 15, 1997, a finding based on the best sci-
entific and commercial data available. A warranted
1997 finding would be in the form of a proposed rule.
While the original 1994 finding found all bull trout
in the lower 48 states to warrant listing, re-analysis
based on the 1994 data indicates there are actually
five distinct population segments are physically dis-
crete from one another, and segments are biologically
significant to the species as a whole. Only species,
subspecies, or distinct population segments of verte-
brates are listable under the Endangered Species Act.
In today's reconsidered finding for the court, the
Service concluded that, based on the 1994 adminis-
trative record, listing is warranted for the Klamath
River and Columbia River population segments.
The Klamath River segment consists of only seven
bull trout stocks that are isolated and remnant in Or-
egon, occupying only a fraction of the historically
available habitat within the Klamath drainage. The
"bull trout is extinct in northern California. Threats
from habitat degradation, irrigation diversions, and
the presence of non-native brook trout place the Kla-
math population segment at a moderate to high risk
of extinction.
The Columbia River segment includes 386 bull
trout stocks in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana,
and additional stocks in British Columbia - of which
33 percent were declining, 15 percent stable, three
percent secure, two percent increasing, and 47 per-
cent unknown, according to the 1994 record. Threats
from habitat degradation, passage restrictions at
dams, and non-native lake and trout place this dis-
tinct population segment of the bull trout at a mod-
erate risk of extinction.
Based on the 1994 record, the Service concluded
that listing was not warranted for the other three bull
trout distinct population segments: Coastal/Puget
Sound; Jarbidge River in northern Nevada, which is
segregated from the Snake/Columbia River popula-
tion by a 15.0-mile stretch of unsuitable habitat; and
the Saskatchewan River population, which is the only
population east of the Rocky Mountains and is al-
most entirely in Alberta, Canada. These three popu-
lation segments are stable-to-increasing, according
to the 1994 report.
Three conservation organizations - the Friends of
the Wild Swan, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies,
and the Swan View Coalition - petitioned to have the
bull trout listed under the Endangered Species Act
in 1992. The former two organizations sued the Ser-
vice in 1994 after the agency determined that listing
the bull trout as a threatened species was warranted,
but precluded by the need to direct limited resources
toward other species in greater danger of extinction.
A ruling by the U.S. District Court of Oregon that
the case was moot was appealed to the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, which overturned the lower court
ruling and remanded the case back to the district court
in 1996. Today's decision is the result of a district
court order to reconsider the 1994 finding based
solely on the 1994 administrative record.
Bull trout are native to the Pacific Northwest, in-
cluding Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Mon-
tana, Nevada, Alaska, Alberta, and British Colum-
bia. They have been eliminated from the main stem
of most large rivers where they historically occurred.
Many remaining populations are isolated in headwa-
ter streams.
Bull trout are members of the char subgroup in the
salmon family. Char have light-colored spots on a
darker background, while trout and salmon have dark-
colored spots on a lighter background. Bull trout have
a large, flattened head and pale-yellow to crimson
body spots on an olive green to brown background,
and lack teeth in the roof of the mouth. They can grow
to more than 20 pounds in lake environments.
Wildlife Commission to meet at
McCarran Airport in Las Vegas
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners will
review Texas' request for bighorn sheep during a 9 a.m.
meeting Saturday, March 22 in McCarran International
Airport's fifth floor meeting room.
On the agenda for the morning session is presentation
of the Wayne E. Kirch Appreciation Award, evaluation
of privatizing the Overton Wildlife Management Area,
status of Las Vegas urban
fishing ponds and the po-
tential for additional
ponds, and previous and
potential future releases of
geese in Clark, Lincoln
and Nye counties.
The afternoon agenda
includes the Texas sheep
request, a presentment
against four Division of
Wildlife employees by an
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727-4144
Elko County grand jury, elk management issues and the
proposed appointment of a task force to examine deer
harvest management alternatives and the bonus point
system.
The meeting is open to the public and a public
comment periods are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and at
the conclusion of the afternoon session.
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