The DNR held four meetings recently to get public input on a 10 year management plan for inland trout fishing. There was a call for another meeting, so one has been scheduled in a county with numerous trout streams.
DNR staff have scheduled an additional public meeting TONIGHT in Crivitz to review the draft statewide Inland Trout Management Plan. The meeting is at the Crivitz Community Center, 901 Henriette Ave. from 6-8 p.m.
It covers Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Lake Trout in inland lakes, ponds and streams of Wisconsin. This includes tributaries of the Great Lakes upstream from the first impassable barrier such as a dam and naturally occurring falls.
DNR Trout Coordinator Joanna Griffin says specifically, it guides the allocation of resources, identifies constraints, and prioritizes management activities. This plan addresses many important fisheries management activities such as monitoring and research, habitat improvement, stocking, fishing regulations, land management, and land/easement acquisition...
"...We have not only these meetings but we have a survey online that were asking people to fill out if they can't get to a meeting. Then we can gather as much information as we can during this time, the public comment period ends on July 5...."
Griffin says the proposals and place to provide input are on the DNR website. We have a link here.
