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<br />Trout Air <br />(continued) <br /> <br />Oesoeratclv tried keeping in business: <br />~ Contacted legislature and DNR for <br />reimbursement/assistance <br />. No reimbursement given. <br />-- Tried cannons shooting blanks (suggested by <br />DNRHidn't work <br />. Herons got used to noise <br />. Bolhered neighbors too much so stoppt:d <br /> <br />,J <br /> <br />Trout Air <br />(continued) <br /> <br />Why (lft: herons leaving early in 2000 nod 200 I? <br />Trout air ponds afe no longer being stocked with <br />fresh rainbow trout. <br />Could it be that when the chicks hatch, that there <br />is now (assume 1000 herons live on the island) <br />5000 hungry mouths to feed instead of 1 DOO and <br />they can't keep up because ofthe diminishing <br />food supply? <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Trout Air <br />(continued) <br /> <br />Tried covering ponds with nets <br />- Herons learned "plunge diving" technique to <br />get through nets. <br />NOTE: This was mentioned in previous DNR <br />Study by Dr. Custer in a memo dated March 15, <br />1999 as a "novel result not seen in other <br />locations", <br />Sold to developer December 1998 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Trout Air <br />(continued) <br /> <br />Which is easier to catch and better to eat, <br />colorful rainbow trout swimming on the top <br />of the water in crystal clear, spring ted, <br />trout pond, or bullheads at the bottom of a <br />algae covered lake? <br /> <br />.11, <br /> <br />9 <br />