Lake Ontario

Tom,
Not likely. Lake Champlain is facing similar issues. Non-native is an
interesting concept. At point in history do we decide is the demarcation
point between native and non? Playing the devil's advocate, brown trout are
non-native. Apple trees are non-native. Do we eradicate apple trees from
the landscape and brown trout from our lakes and streams? I definitely do
not know the answer to this one, and I spend an awful amount of time
thinking about it when I am fishing and hunting. Geez, most of us are not
native.

Definitely one of greatest challenges of this generation. Our progress has
caught us looking ahead.

--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net



"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
...
this is an interesting piece......the Great Lakes have undergone
considerable
biological shuffling since man started his imprint upon things. One we
anglers
tend to overlook is the introduction of Pacific Salmonids to the picture.
Way
more fun to catch than, say, Zebra mussels, but an invasive species
nonetheless. Now, the radical way to return Ontario or the other Great
Lakes to
their "original" status is to eliminate human habitation along the
shoreline to
a huge degree, end all motor transportation across these lakes, physically
remove all non-native species and hope for the best. Anyone out there
think
this will happen soon??
Tom