Private Stocking

Show description and links below this weeks action alerts!!

Action alert 1: e-mail Governor Josh Shapiro’s office and tell them we need adoption of an emergency stocking authorization in Pennsylvania to mitigate the vast ecological damage from unregulated private stocking. Please also mention we need commissioners taking the 3 vacant spots that will actually use it to say “no” to irresponsible private stocking once an authorization is adopted.

E-mail for Shapiro’s office: deeberly@pa.gov

Action Alert number 2: please contact Penn Live and tell them the desperate need for stocking reform is important news thats not getting reported on. Tell them we don’t want to see fluff pieces on stocking that ecologically give Fish and Boat a pass and leave iut the harmful effects of these hatchery fish.

E-mail Penn Live: newstips@pennlive.com

Welcome to episode 2 of the Finsylvania podcast! Today we have author and guest Philip Light from unicornbrookies.com. Unicorn brookies is a conservation blog about the management of native brook trout in Pennsylvania that features high quality photography, mapping, and abundant citations of fisheries science. Its truly a one of a kind publication that helps readers understand native brook trout and their management far beyond what you will find in traditional writings about these fish. After a brief discussion of unicornbrookies.com and Phil’s path in conservation we hit the main topic, the wild wild west of private stocking in Pennsylvania. We discuss everything from what kind of entities are doing the private stocking, their motivations, the kinds of places they are doing it. Further, we discuss what the ecological and social impacts of private stocking. Finally we talk about how in our opinion private stocking illustrates a huge culture issue in the fly fishing and angling community with how pollution is viewed or not viewed. The episode ends with some action alerts including 2 conrete ones that I will list above. Hopefully everyone interested in trout fishing in Pennsylvania or stocked vs. wild and native trout enjoys the podcast. This podcast is relevant in many areas in the PAwilds where some of our most sensitive native species live. Blueliners will identify with some of the painful stories of hiking into remote wild places only to find stocked trout.

Phil’s Blog

https://www.unicornbrookies.com

Darkskies Fly Fishing Magazine

https://darkskiesflyfishing.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoptU1wFt2-yup60TQILuxR9Z2w8OG4mwiVv0xomXws6ocyXvJpb

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