Wheel Spinning: A Productive Path to Protect Native Trout?
December 1, 2015
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Wild Lands Advocate article from December 2015 by Lorne Fitch, P. Biol.
How does one measure progress in conservation? Aldo Leopold wisely pointed out: “The only progress that counts is that on the actual landscape of the back forty.”
In the wake of native trout management plans and recovery strategies one needs to chart the progress towards moving bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout from the brink to a safer place. Obligations to trout conservation have no meaning without action. And sometimes we can’t wait for governments to do the right thing; we have to act on our own and trust that our actions will prompt others to follow.
This example of clearcut logging in Hidden Creek illustrates all too well why excessive sedimentation threatens this SARA-designated critical habitat for westslope cutthroat trout. PHOTO: © L. FITCH
To read the full article, click here: Wheel Spinning: A Productive Path to Protect Native Trout? (Dec 2015 WLA)
