The Index
According to the EPA, the percent likelihood that acute aquatic Rotenone exposure
will kill endangered California red-
The year the Western Environmental Law Center prevailed in stopping the state of
California from poisoning a pristine stream in the Carson-
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Year the Forest Service in California began to question the impacts of fish stocking
on other species, such as the yellow-
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Number of lakes in the Sierra Nevada regularly stocked with rainbow trout prior to
2001: 1,000
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Number or lakes in the Sierra Nevada regularly stock after 2001: 20
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Maximum number of mountain lakes targeted for rainbow trout eradication: 150
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of hatchery-
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Number of years anglers and government wildlife agencies have stocked non-
game fish to boost recreational fishing opportunities:
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Year Rotenone was registered in the U.S.: 1947
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Number of Rotenone formulations: 29
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Number of common brands of Rotenone labeled as an insecticide: 6
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Number of macroinvertebrate (insect) species in a typical healthy stream: 200
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Percentage of macroinvertebrate taxa (insect types) a Forest Service study showed
were still missing from the Strawberry River in Utah 5 years after Rotenone treatment:
24
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Number of miles of Montana's Cherry Creek near Bozeman targeted for poisoning
by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) in order to eradicate non-
and re-
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Percentage of fish in the 60 miles
MFWP estimates will be killed: 100
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Number of native fish species, estimated by MFWP, occurring in Cherry Creek: 7
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Number of extra miles of Cherry Creek MFWP admits to have
accidentally poisoned in
August 2010: 4
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Average number of fish per mile in Cherry Creek,
according to MFWP survey data: 1,800
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Reported cost of multi-
Trout Restoration Project:
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The last time the EPA conducted a comprehensive study of Rotenone: 1988
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According to the EPA, the number of major data gaps with Rotenone testing: 4
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Gallons of 5% Rotenone it takes to kill all of the fish in a one-
4-
bullhead and carp:
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Minutes it takes a carp, exposed to a lethal dose of Rotenone, to die: 35
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Number of acre-
remove predatory
pike:
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Number of gallons of Rotenone used in Lake Davis: 17,000
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Tons of fish disposed of in plastic bags: 25
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Percentage of haul that were the
dreaded pike: 6
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Estimated cost of the Lake Davis project: $16 million
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Amount the state had to pay the city of Portola, Ca. after dumping Rotenone
into
Lake Davis in 1997, when it was the city’s water supply: $9.2 million
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Number of suspected carcinogens contained in the Rotenone formulation called CFT
Legumine being used in Lake Davis: 2
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Number of suspected reproductive toxins in CFT Legumine: 1
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Number of independent studies linking Rotenone to Parkinson’s Disease: 2
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Number of wilderness lakes Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks intends to poison with
Rotenone beginning October 2007 as part of its South Fork Flathead Watershed
Westslope
Cutthroat Trout Conservation Program: 21
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Number of lake acres affected by the South Fork Flathead Watershed
Westslope Cutthroat
Trout Conservation Program: 901
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Number of federal or Montana numeric water quality standards for
rotenone or antimycin:
0
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Number of days Rotenone remains toxic when water temperature is 65º to 75º F: 5
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Number of days Rotenone remains toxic to fish when water temperature is 45º F: 33
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Average temperature of Montana lakes slated for reclamation in October: 47º F
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Out of nine thought-
Colorado by the state fish and game agency, the number that Colorado fish and game
first throught were another subspecies, the Colorado cutthroat trout:
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Out of the nine thought-
the number
that were harvested for stocking by the state of Colorado to try to boost the greenback
cutthroat population:
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Number of years Colorado stocked the mistaken subspecies of trout: 20
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Actual number
of streams in 2012 researches found actually contained rare geenback cutthroat: 1
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