For the year 2012 southforkboise.org salutes Whitefish Ed for his devotion to the South Fork Boise River fishery and his early work to call attention to the stranding of young of year trout when the river flows are abruptly reduced in late summer. Previous posts have reported the details here about the concern that changes in flows could be affecting survival of juvenile trout, and then the follow up study where anglers and agency biologists worked together to assess the effects. Information on the results of the work is forthcoming in 2013 but for now let’s tip the hat to Whitefish Ed who initially called attention to this concern and inspired others to get the ball rolling on a study.
Whitefish Ed gets instructions from IDFG biologist Art Butts during the stranding study on September 17, 2012
