Hello everyone,
Fisheries
managers in the South Saskatchewan Region want to provide you with another
update related to our ongoing concerns for fisheries in our streams and rivers
in southern Alberta.
Last week, we
issued variation orders to temporarily close a number of southern Alberta
streams and rivers to anglers and we updated our advisories to include
additional rivers for which we had concern due to high temperatures and low
flow. Today, we are expanding the angling advisory to include all flowing
waters in Eastern Slopes Zone 1 (ES1). Additionally, streams that were closed
last week will remain closed, and we have issued variation orders to close
several more streams and rivers.
Information may
be found at the following link:
Streams that
were temporarily closed last week, that remain closed to angling:
§ Sheep River from the headwaters to the
Highwood River (including Gorge Creek and tributaries)
§ Threepoint Creek and tributaries
§ Highwood River from the headwaters to
the Bow River
§ St. Mary River downstream of the St.
Mary Reservoir & tributaries
§ Belly River downstream of Sec. Rd. 800-
River only
§ Bow River from Bearspaw Reservoir to the
Western Headworks Diversion (W.H.D. Weir)
§ Bow River from W.H.D Weir to the
Carseland Weir
§ Bow River from the Carseland Weir to Hwy
24 Bridge(downstream side)
§ Bow River from Hwy 24 bridge downstream
to Bassano Dam
§ Elbow River from Glenmore Reservoir to
the Bow River confluence
New angling closures that are
in effect as of today (August 14, 2015):
§ Dogpound Creek and Tributaries
§ Jumpingpound Creek from headwaters to the Bow River
§ Little Red Deer River from headwaters downstream to
Twp. Rd. 352 (Cottonwood Road) & tributaries except Dogpound Creek
§ Little Red Deer River from Twp. Rd. 352 (Cottonwood
Road) downstream to Red Deer River
§ Waterton River, Upstream of Waterton Reservoir and all
tributaries upstream of Waterton Reservoir including Drywood Creek
§ Waterton River, Downstream of
Waterton Reservoir - River only
§ Castle River, Downstream of SH 507 to
Highway 3 – main stem and tributaries, including Screwdriver Creek, Beaver
Mines Creek, and Mill Creek
§ Pincher Creek and tributaries
§ Oldman River, from Hwy 22 downstream
to Secondary Road 510 – River only
§ Willow Creek, main stem and tributaries from Chain
Lakes downstream to Pine Coulee Reservoir Diversion Head pond
Government of
Alberta staff will be placing signs at angling locations to inform the public
of these closures and using many other forms of communication through websites,
social media etc. to provide information to the public. If conditions moderate
and water temperatures recover to normal levels, angling closures will be
rescinded.
It is expected
that once closures are made, they will generally remain in place for a minimum
period of one week. This will allow time for data collection, retrieval and
analysis. Weekly analysis will also provide adequate time to determine if
temperatures are trending sufficiently downward to warrant re-opening.
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