Notice Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Waters January 209 The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A Wild Streams. Under 58 Pa. Code 57.8a (relating to Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission s policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of Pennsylvania s naturally reproducing trout fisheries. With rare exceptions, the Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking. Criteria developed for Class A Wild fisheries are species specific. Wild Biomass Class Criteria include provisions for: (i) Wild Brook Fisheries (A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre). Total biomass of brook trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout (ii) Wild Brown Fisheries (A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre). Total biomass of brown trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of Brown trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout
(iii) Mixed Wild Brook and Brown Fisheries (A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre). Total biomass of brook trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of Total biomass of brown trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of (D) Brook trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout (E) Brown trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout (iv) Wild Rainbow Fisheries Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (.78 lbs/acre). (v) Mixed Wild Brook and Rainbow Fisheries (A) Combined brook and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre). Total biomass of brook trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0. kg/ha (0.089 lbs/ac). (D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout (vi) Mixed Wild Brown and Rainbow Fisheries (A) Combined brown and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre). Total biomass of brown trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 5 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of (D) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout (E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A wild trout populations. The Commission intends to consider adding these waters to its list of Class A Wild Streams at its meeting on January 4 and 5, 209.
County Stream Section Limits Tributary To T-476 (Avalon Blair Spring 2 Road) Bridge to Little Juniata Fourth Avenue River Bridge Cameron Right Fork Brooks Brooks Clearfield Erick Hollow Wilson Clinton Bull Young Womans Elk Jimmy Franklin UNT to West Branch Conococheague (RM 52.35) Huntingdon Spruce 3 Upstream boundary of the PFBC property to Downstream boundary of the PFBC property (Indian Caverns) Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning West Branch Conococheague Little Juniata River Lat/Lon 40.530272 78.382089 4.42250 78.080559 4.22892 78.579656 4.43500 77.663055 4.3386 78.372760 40.6800 77.686390 40.6086 78.36 Brook Brown Rainbow Length (miles) Survey Year.82 53.03 --- 3.38 208 44.58 --- --- 2.46 208 37.25 --- ---.06 208 35.94 2.54 --- 2.88 208 42.27 --- ---.57 208 55.7 --- --- 2.68 208 --- 45.97 --- 0.5 208
County Stream Section Limits Tributary To Confluence of Left Huntingdon Warriors Mark and Right branch of Warriors Mark Spruce to Juniata Dougherty 2 SR 35 Bridge to Willow Lycoming Browns Pine Lycoming Callahan (Jersey Mills) Pine Lycoming First Big Fork Lycoming Lower Pine Bottom Pine Lycoming Rogers Little Pine Lycoming Second Big Fork Lycoming Shingle Mill English Branch (English Center) Lycoming/ Tioga Little Morris Mifflin Jacks 3 SR200 (Crossover Drive) Bridge at Maitland to T-35 (Jacks Road) Bridge Morris Juniata River Lat/Lon 40.638332 78.0387 40.420834 77.589996 4.343056 77.398888 4.360000 77.42222 4.402 77.495003 4.3467 77.380833 4.408990 77.320876 4.40669 77.500557 4.453449 77.306526 4.529722 77.528056 40.583333 77.55967 Brook Brown Rainbow Length (miles) Survey Year --- 94.33 --- 5.72 208 --- 82.00 --- 2.45 208 23.34 8.80 --- 4.97 208 40.4 2.08 --- 2.23 208 30.05 6.45 --- 3.27 208 3.0 --- --- 3.57 208 44.67 --- --- 2.7 208 86.85 5.22 --- 2.55 208 35.77 0.08 ---.52 208 32.45 --- --- 3.04 208 --- 40.30 --- 3.08 208
County Stream Section Limits Tributary To Outflow of Laurel Mifflin Laurel 2 Reservoir to Honey Lingle Perry Patterson Hemlock Potter Dyer Branch County Line Branch First Fork Potter Freeman Postalweight Sinnemahoning Hollow Potter Road Branch Wild Boy Wild Boy Snyder Bull Swift Snyder Schrader Gap SR North Branch 408 Middle Snyder UNT to Swift (RM 6.78) Swift Lat/Lon 40.703466 77.55086 40.257306 77.63934 4.495000 77.606944 4.593889 78.057778 4.65555 77.896 40.8943 77.268059 40.793572 77.20326 40.809783 77.283294 Brook Brown Rainbow Length (miles) Survey Year --- 64.96 --- 2.4 208 34.62 --- ---.75 208 38.20 0.97 --- 2.74 208 46.72 --- --- 2.83 208 30.5 0.2 ---.96 208 35.3 6.27 --- 3.00 208 34.94 0.53 --- 2.69 208 38.69 --- ---.68 208
Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the additions are invited to submit comments in writing to Executive Director, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 706-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be accepted. FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION: John A. Arway Executive Director