Lakers spawn in the lake. They are never available to bears. As deepwater fish they are also not available to Osprey and White Pelican that nest (or used to) in droves around the lake.

The system also got hit with whirling disease, but the cutties seem to recovering. With the slow growth of those cutts, it will take a while to see the increase in spawners but the Park is working hard to control those Lakers. probably can't eliminate, which means annual netting just to keep treading water.

'Stone in the last 20-30 years has been a marvelous laboratory on ecological connections. Each of the times we have gone we have seen significant changes in vegetation and animal populations.

Plus, the park wolves have crashed at least once. The system is not constant but is very dynamic,