The trout population in a Montana river might have a chance for some more action, due to the efforts of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) to restore their habitat.
According to Bozeman's KBZK, the trout's digs in the Madison River in Bear Trap Canyon have been renovated by increasing the size of an island and narrowing the water channels between the island and the riverbank, thus speeding up the velocity of the water and creating an area more conducive to spawning.
The faster-moving water washes away sediment, uncovering the rocky beds trout need in order to successfully procreate.
To give the trout the safety they need, Montana FWP has also requested that humans give the trout some privacy by neither fishing nor floating.
"We want to give them some space to be able to use this place that we built," said FWP's Morgan Jacobsen, as per KBZK, adding, "really to give trout an opportunity to spawn successfully."
There are many reasons for dwindling trout populations, and overfishing is definitely one of them. But in the last hundred years, as Trout Unlimited wrote, "trout have declined as a result of land development, overfishing, water pollution, poor timber and livestock grazing practices and the introduction of non-native fishes and other aquatic invasive species."
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Wildlife restoration and maintenance projects that help save creatures as varied as frosted elfin caterpillars in the U.S., koalas in Australia, or black grouse in England obviously help species thrive. But they also restore balance to the ecosystem, and a healthy ecosystem means more biodiversity, which benefits people in many ways.
The World Health Organization explains that "healthy communities are sustained by well-functioning ecosystems, which provide critical services such as clean air, fresh water, natural medicines and food security."
And there's one big benefit for the anglers out there — when trout are given the chance to hatch in higher numbers, and their numbers are restored, anglers can get back to their favorite hobby, wiling away hours in beautiful waterways fishing for freshwater trout.
When trout are healthy and plentiful, it's a good sign that they're in high-quality waters, and this is good for humans, as Trout Unlimited said, because "We all depend on high-quality water in stable supply, not only for our cities and agriculture, but for our recreation and spiritual sustenance."
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