After opponents stopped the undertaking final yr, chemical spraying to wipe out an invasive bass inhabitants in Miramichi Lake is ready to happen later this summer season.
Final yr’s try and eradicate smallmouth bass was halted as a result of Wolastoqey grandmothers and moms involved concerning the environmental influence of the spray took to the lake in canoes.
It’s unsafe to spray rotenone, the fish-killing pesticide getting used, when persons are on the water.
However the group that has been pushing the spray undertaking for years says it’s decided to hold it out this summer season.
LINK (through CBC)