Walleye restocking plan for Golden Lake could be sunk by red tape, group worries

A group of volunteers has hatched a five-year plan to restore the lagging walleye population on Golden Lake — once one of eastern Ontario's top spots for catching the fish — to numbers not seen in decades. They're now concerned their pilot project is being drowned in bureaucracy.

Walleye restocking plan for Golden Lake could be sunk by red tape, group worries
A close-up of a fish.

A group of volunteers has hatched a five-year plan to restore the lagging walleye population on Golden Lake — once one of eastern Ontario's top spots for catching the fish — to numbers not seen in decades. They're now concerned their pilot project is being drowned in bureaucracy.