Apologies to anyone who had already read this, it somehow got itself removed from the forum.
http://pikepinksterab.blogspot.ca/2015/07/a-load-of-bull.html
There was something I wanted to add to the content in the blog for discussion:
We hear that increased recreational and industrial pressure is causing huge amounts of sediment and silt to enter the rivers. This sediment is hardening and putting a concerete like layer over bull trout spawning grounds. Is there anything that could be done to remove those layers of silt? I'm not talking about having come in with a jack hammer and blast that junk off...but I suspect there could be some remedial actions that could reopen some of these waters to spawning.