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Article: TROUT STOCKING TARGET OF LAWSUIT.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 8, 2006
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Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST -- An environmental organization whose lawsuits have changed government policies on endangered species is challenging trout stocking in four mountain streams in Angeles National Forest.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Fish and Game demanding a moratorium on trout stocking and an environmental study on stocking's effect on rare frogs, toads and fish in Bouquet Creek, Big Tujunga Creek, the San Gabriel River's west fork and upper Piru Creek.
``The purpose of the lawsuit is not to stop all trout stocking. Some trout stocking ...