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Old 04-17-2017, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RavYak View Post
At this point we should probably be more worried about speeding up the process rather then slowing it down... Obviously it is already in a bunch of these rivers and it is only a matter of time till it reaches the other ones. Get it over with and then let the populations recover, not much else can be done now.
Seems the only risk now is the North Sask, Athabasca and Peace systems.

North Sask has trout. Athabasca has native rainbows.

There may be a habitat factor that means the cycle is not as robust further north into Canada. Maybe the tubifex worms or spawning and rearing grounds are less susceptible to spreading.

We can only hope. However the hope is in seeing what must of been an infection years ago looking less of an issue now. Maybe our big floods moved enough silt that tubifex populations where hurt hard.
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