Report: Alberta trout streams going downhill

FISHING — Jeez, Canada. We were hoping you were doing something productive for your streams with all the money you’re charging nonresident aliens to come up and enjoy your fishing.
Biologist warns trout streams in S. Alberta at risk
Lorne Fitch, who spent 35 years as a biologist for Alberta, surveyed 54 small rivers and streams that flow into the Oldman River in Alberta that also hold bull and cutthroat trout, and found that, despite federal protections in place for native trout and a recovery plan for those species, the waterways are in dire shape.
They’re contaminated by clearcuts, feedlot effluent, coal mining and erosion.
—Toronto Globe and Mail
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