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into the lake after the appearance of a single tui chub in an effort to prevent it from, once again, harming the lake. The tui chub found in
October was 4 years old which means that it was not there for the 2006 elimination. Scientist are unsure of the origins of the single tui chub.
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in 2006. This killed 95 million tui chub, and the lake became free of them. By 2007 dramatic improvements were noted in water clarity, insect populations, and the trout catch. The ODFW has captured
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