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Article: Wild trout: a Western success story. (trout fishing)
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- May 1, 1986
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Wild trout: a Western success story
To the delight of anglers and the surprise of biologists, wild trout are making a remarkable comeback in much of the West.
This good news comes after years of bad news for one of the West's great wildlife resources. By the mid-1960s, trout habitat was disappearing: dams had dried some streams, others were unlivable. Many waters were overfished. A generation of anglers was growing up catching only hatcher-raised trout.
Today though, even as salmon and other seagoing fish continue dangerous declines, a small but increasing number of inland lakes and streams surge with growing populations of trout. Fishing for ...