Wow reg's for you and you own land. Good times in NY. Here in Canada when ever there is a regulation added it is made clear why the regulation is in place. I do not understand NY control here unless they stock your pond for you free of charge and manage it too.
Cheers Don.
Could be some of the fragile native coldwater fisheries in upstate NY that are connected by creeks and streams and the potential of introducing harmful exotics or disease. I know NY has done a lot of work to reintroduce "Heritage Strain" brook trout. Additionally daming up a spring fed creek can warm up a native brook trout stream and obliterate the brook trout.
