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Retired PFBC Director and Avid Angler, Boater, Hunter and Conservationist 🐟🎣🐸🐢🐍🦎🐚🐌🚤🚣‍♀️🛶⛵️

Somewhere in PA
Joined April 2010
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And the debate continues. #Hatchery #trout over #wildtrout— that is the question! open.spotify.com/episode/22Q…
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Sign up to the PA Wild Trout Coalition if you want to make a difference! PAWTC.org
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Don’t get a chance to see special places like this very often and the history of the dodo makes it even more interesting. Thanks @rossflyfisher and @FlyFishermanMag for an excellent film. Looking forward to visiting more place with you in the future. youtu.be/itJftTTNViE?is=FSX1…
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If you care about #CleanWater and #wildtrout, sign up to join the #PAWildTroutCoalition. No cost, no Boards or Committees. Just a group of concerned anglers trying to get Pennsylvania to stop stocking hatchery trout over native and wild trout populations. pawtc.org/
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Talk about a timely article. I currently serve on the Board of the #PAWildTrout Coalition whose motto is “Let Nature Raise the Fish”. The goal is to convince the staff and Board of the @pafishandboat & @GovernorShapiro that stocking hatchery trout over #wildtrout is not (cont)
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and the magazine cover for reference. “Biologists later learned that planting hatchery trout on top of wild trout results in "territorial chaos." The stocked fish don't play by the rules - don't even know the rules —and disrupt the territorial hierarchy of wild populations.
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Disrupted by hatchery fish, wild trout were more vulnerable to ospreys, other predators, and anglers, which the dumb hatchery fish also had no clue how to avoid.”
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Fresh #Quahogs from #Chincoteague in clam casino paired with a @StraubBeer Amber for dinner.
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Check out this podcast to find out what’s going on with the @pafishandboat and wild and hatchery trout. Commissioner Eric Hussar is the lone voice on the Board in support of #wildtrout. Tune in and find out why! youtu.be/M-_wR631wQo
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Here we are 44 years later and Marilyn Black is still the one and only female #Fish #Commissioner. Currently three Commissioner positions up for appointment and I would bet that not one female was considered for nomination. C’mon Gov @GovernorShapiro @DerekEberlyPenn @DCNRnews
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Met a new friend crappie fishing. I don’t think he had a fishing license? 🤔🤣
🤖 Made with AI
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Breaking News. @pafishandboat and @PAGameComm announce a groundbreaking achievement, unveiling a new species of trout as part of the agency merger study being conducted in partnership with the Wildlife Management Institute.
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Retired agency Executive Directors John Arway and Matt Hough state “This innovative breakthrough paves the way for enhanced collaboration between the agencies, as the new Jack-a-Bows can be grown in PFBC hatcheries and will be regulated by the PGC under antler restrictions.
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This milestone marks a significant step towards a unified approach to #Fishandwildlife management in the future, offering #anglers and #hunters exciting new opportunities!”
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