Air 3 Endangered fish rearing ponds

[hank970]

These are located a stone's throw from Snooks Bottom, a popular recreational lake near Fruita, Colorado. Also a hop, skip, and jump from the Colorado River.

I'm not sure who manages them. Could be the State of Colorado, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, or a cooperative effort among two or three of them.

 

[Cafguy]

UHMM..... You do understand that if that is not a commercial fish operation, drones are prohibited in that area! You need to contact the Fish and wildlife Dept in that area before you go near it!
Flying a drone over Wildlife refuges or areas controlled by the government for that purpose, is strictly prohibited by federal law. and you can be fined 5,000 dollars and could spend up to six months in jail. if those are indeed endangered fish it could be much more.
The dept of wildlife has special rules that apply to unmanned aircraft over their facilities. One of those rules PROHIBITS you from flying directly over them.
My suggestion is to stay well away from that with your Drone.

 

[hank970]

UHMM..... You do understand that if that is not a commercial fish operation, drones are prohibited in that area! You need to contact the Fish and wildlife Dept in that area before you go near it!
Flying a drone over Wildlife refuges or areas controlled by the government for that purpose, is strictly prohibited by federal law. and you can be fined 5,000 dollars and could spend up to six months in jail. if those are indeed endangered fish it could be much more.
The dept of wildlife has special rules that apply to unmanned aircraft over their facilities. One of those rules PROHIBITS you from flying directly over them.
My suggestion is to stay well away from that with your Drone.

UHMM..... You do understand that if that is not a commercial fish operation, drones are prohibited in that area! You need to contact the Fish and wildlife Dept in that area before you go near it!
Flying a drone over Wildlife refuges or areas controlled by the government for that purpose, is strictly prohibited by federal law. and you can be fined 5,000 dollars and could spend up to six months in jail. if those are indeed endangered fish it could be much more.
The dept of wildlife has special rules that apply to unmanned aircraft over their facilities. One of those rules PROHIBITS you from flying directly over them.
My suggestion is to stay well away from that with your Drone.

I'd appreciate if you could cite a federal law or regulation which expressly forbids drone flights over hatcheries and the like.