After a spring and early summer of intense rains and flooding, drought conditions have reduced the flows of some of Lake Superior’s North Shore streams, in some cases to a trickle, thus putting in jeopardy populations of various trout species heading into winter.
The weather extremes – which some DNR officials and fishing guides worry is the new normal – are testing the resiliency of Lake Superior streams and the fish (steelhead, brook trout, and other species) popular with anglers that inhabit them.
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