Watershed Conservation Plan - Destination Erie

Figure 6.5. Stream reaches in northwestern Pennsylvania most recently documented by the
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission for trout stocking (2008) and natural trout reproduction
(2007).
exception of Trout Run and Sixteenmile Creek. The popularity of these two streams with steelhead
fishermen appears to have waned since the early 1980s, perhaps due to water-quality problems (see
Chapter 5). A connection between stream water-quality degradation and the success of the watershed's
sport fisheries underscores the importance of the river conservation plan's goal of promoting land
protection/conservation efforts to prevent further degradation of the watershed's streams. The
demonstrated importance to the local economy provided by the steelhead fishery (detailed in Murray and
Shields 2004) suggests that local economy might benefit from investments that expand recreational
fishing opportunities in streams (and stream segments) not currently utilized by fishermen.
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