Very cool Lee. Artic Char  in  Maine .  I hope they can restore them back to healthy populations . Still a long road ahead of them I'm sure

Here is a more upto date video of the effort to restore Big Reed Pond.  It is very nice that this may be working.

Dave

I hope that the IF&W department keeps us informed as to how this is going.  Sure would be nice to see this be a BIG success.  As you say, time will tell.

See Yah

Lee

I had no idea that artic charr were native to Maine. Lets hope that it's a success.

BG

I read this article before somewhere.  It is great to know that their is preservation like this going on.  It is sad that such a prize fishing area was almost wiped out by rainbow smelt.

F&G believe that it was with good intentions this species was introduced but ignorance prevailed.  Since the smelt they figure was inroduced as forage for the char, but they turned out to be so aggressive it competed heavily with char for food, and it was aggresive enough to wipe out each years young.

Theron