Public Comments

Title:	Upper Malheur Brook Trout Removal Project
Description:	BPA is proposing to fund the Burns Paiute Tribe to use rotenone, a fish toxicant, to eradicate all brook trout from High Lake and upper Lake Creek above Lake Creek Falls, in the headwaters of the Upper Malheur River watershed. Brook trout are a non-native, introduced, trout species that can hybridize with bull trout due to their genetic similarities. Lake Creek Falls acts as a natural barrier to bull trout migration and the uppermost 1.5 miles of Lake Creek and High Lake contain only non-native brook trout. Brook trout have been able to reproduce without resource competition and create a constant seed-source that invades downstream bull trout designated critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. Past efforts to control the brook trout population have included electrofishing, angling, and gillnetting, but these methods have proven ineffective. BPA is requesting comments on issues to be considered during the environmental review of the project.
Start Date:	3/11/2024
End Date:	4/11/2024
Related information:	https://www.bpa.gov/nepa/um-brook-trout

Bonneville Power Public Comments