There's walleye in the Otonabee?...

I just received a public notice from the utility company, Peterborough Utilities Inc. (exciting name, eh?), warning me not to be afraid of the team of flashlight-wielding intruders running up and along the banks of the Otonabee River during the next few nights.

It turns out these suspicious assailants are not robbers or even secret FBI agents searching for a downed alien spacecraft, but actually investigators from an environmental firm. They're checking out the spawning activities of the walleye that gather near the hydro generating station directly beside our neighbourhood.

Apparently it's all part of the "new Species at Risk legislation". That legislation is the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), which is six years old, which I suppose might be considered "new".

In any case, it's nice to know that they're looking out for the walleye. As a fisherman, I might be tempted to take advantage of these spawning areas. But there's little fun in that. And it's not like they interrupt me in the bedroom.

Thanks for the notice, PUI. It's a lot better than the military regiment located down the road. They seemed to overlook the fact that residents might be afraid of camouflaged warriors darting through the neighbourhood at night with assault rifles. It might have only been "exercises", but I had my spatula ready to combat any would-be assailants.