DFG Announces Changes to List of Water Bodies To Be Stocked
Subject: DFG News - DFG Announces Changes to List of Water Bodies To Be Stocked;
California Department of Fish and Game News Release; May 14, 2009;
Contact: Jordan Traverso, DFG Office of Communications, (916) 654-9937
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) today announced revisions to the list of water bodies that will and will not be stocked. After receiving further data on a number of state water bodies, DFG is adding 21 water bodies to the list of stocked waters and 44 water bodies to the list of waters that will not be stocked. The creation of these lists and the cessation of stocking in some areas is the result of a November 2008 court order.
Additions to the list of stocked waters:
Ash Creek, Lower (Lassen County)
The Blair Pond (Nevada County)
Bon Tempe (Marin County)
Butte Creek, Big (Butte County)
Cold Creek (Siskiyou County)
Feather River (North Fork Almanor) (Plumas County)
Fulmor Lake (Riverside County)
Goodrich Creek, Middle (Lassen County)
Kalmia Lake (El Dorado County)
Lagunitas Lake (Marin County)
Lake Tahoe (Placer County)
Lost Lake, General Creek (El Dorado County)
Meadow Lake (Nevada County)
Number 3 Lake (El Dorado County)
Okizu Camp Pond (Butte County)
Paradise Lake (Nevada County)
Rios Pond (Calaveras County)
San Margarita Lake (San Luis Obispo County)
Taylor Creek (El Dorado County)
Toll House Lake (Nevada County)
White Rock List (Nevada County)
Additions to the list of waters that will not be stocked:
Antelope Creek (Siskiyou County)
Basin Creek (Tuolumne County)
Battle Creek, North Fork (Tehama County)
Battle Creek, South Fork (Tehama County)
Bull Creek (Mariposa County)
Butte Creek (Siskiyou County)
Clear Creek above Whiskeytown Lake (Shasta County)
Coffee Creek (Trinity County)
Cucamonga Creek (San Bernardino County)
Deadman Creek (Tuolumne County)
Deer Creek (Tulare County)
Dry Lake (Del Norte County)
Emily Lake (Mendocino County)
Freeman Creek (Tulare County)
Granite Lake, Trinity Alps (Trinity County)
Herring Creek Reservoir (Tuolumne County)
Holland Lake, Salmon Scott (Trinity County)
Jordon Pond (Mariposa County)
Kangaroo Lake (Siskiyou County)
Kern River, South Fork (Kennedy Meadow) (Tulare County)
Lily Pad Lake (Siskiyou County)
Lion Canyon Creek (Santa Barbara County)
Los Banos Detention Reservoir (Merced County)
Lumsden Pond (El Dorado County)
Mavis Lake, Salmon Scott (Siskiyou County)
Meeks Meadow Lake (Siskiyou County)
Mill Creek Lake (Mendocino County)
Nelder Creek (Madera County)
Paynes Lake (Siskiyou County)
Philbrook Reservoir (Butte County)
Plum Creek (Tehama County)
Poso Creek (Tulare County)
Rose Valley Lake (Ventura County)
Ruffey Lake Upper (Siskiyou County)
Sawmill Pond (El Dorado County)
Shasta River, Little (Siskiyou County)
Slide Lake, Trinity Divide (Trinity County)
Sullivan Creek (Tuolumne County)
Tamarack Lake, Trinity Divide (Trinity County)
Toulumne River, North Fork (Tuolumne County)
Trinity River above Trinity Reservoir (Trinity County)
Ukonom Lake (Siskiyou County)
Willow Creek, North Fork (Madera County)
White River (Tulare County)
When DFG created the original list in November, it was noted that the list would fluctuate based on new information or data received.
In October 2006, Pacific Rivers Council and Center for Biological Diversity sued DFG over fish stocking programs it has engaged in for more than 100 years, because no Environmental Impact Report (EIR) had been completed for the programs. The result of the case was a court order requiring DFG to complete an EIR. DFG is engaged in the multi-year and multimillion dollar EIR process, now scheduled to be completed in January 2010.
Due to delays in the EIR process, which involves combining the EIR with a federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), DFG and the petitioners agreed on terms for how and where DFG may continue stocking fish during the time it is preparing the EIR/EIS.