Little Stony Creek (New R. trib.)

A recent attempt to remove or alter some of the deadlier strainers on Little Stony was brought to a screeching halt on Friday 19 March 2010. After a chain email advertising the event was sent out to the VT Kayak Club, some unnamed persons on the club listserve notified Trout Unlimited (TU), Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries(DGIF) and the Forest Service(USFS). The sponsors of the event were contacted personally and threatened with severe police and legal action if the event were to proceed.
Further research found that the vast amounts of the ill-placed and dangerous strainers on the creek were intentionally dropped into the creek to create larger pools and cover to enhance trout fishing. Apparently, TU has paid the forest service over thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) to 'enhance' this streambed and make long sections of class IV and V virtually unrunnable and many other sections extremely dangerous to run.
TU currently has a grant for one mile of creek bed and is planning on buying even more of the creek. They have also convinced the USFS that this particular streamed is not considered a 'navigable waterway' in the legal sense of the term.
Prompt action by the boating community MUST be taken by the local and broader boating community to prevent another Chattooga debacle.