USFS’ fish testing puts Upper Truckee River off-limits
By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee
Anglers and others wading in South Lake Tahoe’s Upper Truckee River could be in for a shock – literally – if they fail to heed warning signs.
Beginning the first week of August and continuing through the summer, U.S. Forest Service crews will be using electro-shocking equipment to temporarily stun and measure fish in the river.
USFS: Stay out of the Upper Truckee River. Photo/Kathryn Reed
The project is an effort to record data that will help evaluate the effectiveness of river restoration, said Cheva Heck, public affairs officer for the forest service’s Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
The study will start at the river’s mouth near Tahoe Keys and work toward the Highway 50 bridge in Meyers.
“Members of the public should stay out of the water and keep dogs out of the water where crews are working,” Heck said. “A human or dog could receive a mild electric shock if entering the water while the fish sampling devices are on.”
Get the USFS out of streams and rivers. The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of river restoration using fish? How about you take some above and below water readings to make sure you are not ruining Lake Tahoes clarity first. Stream restoration effectiveness using fish, Are you kidding me..? Spend a few million moving a river in the name of water quality then assess it using fish. What a joke… Hey Cheva, Are you held to any standards whatsoever? Can anyone enforce anything on you? Those stream projects are killing the lake…
What a waste of time ,money.
PORK ,FISH ,CASH WASTE, BY A COUNTRY GOING DEBT BROKE.
…And the government wants to raise the debt ceiling to pay for nonsense like this…
Paul is a river scientist and fisheries specialist, we should listen to him.~
‘The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of river restoration using fish?’
Yes. Before and after studies of fish populations, how many, what species, the ratio, their locations.
I don’t understand the part of the comment about the USFS spokesperson…
What was your point exactly?
Let’s get rid of the debt ceiling by eliminating all wasteful spending like this.
This is a harmless, inexpensive, and effective way to assess trout populations. The fish are temporarily stunned and recover very quickly. It works!