OAR 635-500-2050: Badger Lake

Policies and objectives for fish management in Badger Lake in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin. (1) Policies for fish management in Badger Lake: (a) Brook trout shall be managed for natural production consistent with the Basic Yield Management Alternative for trout (OAR 635-500-0115(4)). No hatchery brook trout shall be stocked; (b) Rainbow trout shall be managed for hatchery production consistent with the Basic Yield Management Alternative for trout (OAR 635-500-0115(4)). (2) Objectives for fish management in Badger Lake: (a) Provide a diverse, consumptive angling opportunity for hatchery rainbow trout and naturally produced brook trout; (b) Minimize impacts of hatchery trout stocked in Badger Lake on the production and genetic integrity of downstream populations of wild redband trout in Badger Creek and the White River system; (c) Minimize annual lake level fluctuations associated with irrigation drawdown at Badger Lake.