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Restoring Wild Brook Trout to Passage Creek, VA
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Video: DGIF biologists team up with Trout Unlimited and the US Forest Service to reintroduce Brook Trout to the headwaters of Passage Creek.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Brook Trout Video and Webinar Gallery
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Saving Healthy Lands - Potomac Conservancy
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Through our Land Protection program, Potomac Conservancy works one-on-one with private landowners to conserve forested, agricultural, streamside, and open space lands in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the South Branch River Valley of West Virginia. We also provide resources for land management and cost-share programs to ensure working lands are both productive and river-friendly.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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SENSITIVITY AND VULNERABILITY OF BROOK TROUT POPULATIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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We directly measured paired air and
water temperatures in watersheds (N = 77) containing reproducing populations of brook trout in
Virginia. We found that paired air and water temperature relationships are highly variable among
patches but are a useful dataset to classify sensitivity and vulnerability of existing brook trout
patches. We developed a classification system using sensitivity and vulnerability metrics that
classified sampled brook trout habitats into four categories (High Sensitivity- High Vulnerability
(51.9%); High Sensitivity-Low Vulnerability (10.4%); Low Sensitivity-High Vulnerability (7.8%);
Low Sensitivity-Low Vulnerability (29.9%). Our direct measurement approach identified potential
refugia for brook trout at lower elevations and with higher air temperatures than previous larger
scale modeling efforts.
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Science and Data
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Brook Trout Related Publications
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Smith Creek Restoration Project
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A twelve minute video on the Smith Creek restoration happening in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Brook Trout Video and Webinar Gallery
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Stony Creek (VA) Riparian Restoration and Stream Habitat Improvement
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This projected will restore stream and riparian habitat within Stony Creek, located in the state of Virginia.
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Funded Projects
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SARP Projects W2B
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The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP)
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The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) is an urban cost-share program that provides financial incentives and technical and educational assistance to property owners installing eligible Best Management Practices (BMPs) in Virginia’s participating Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs).
These practices can be installed in areas of your yard where problems like erosion, poor drainage, or poor vegetation occur. Qualified sites shall be used for residential, commercial, or recreational purposes with a proposed practice that addresses a need.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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The Virginia Stream Restoration & Stabilization Best Management Practices Guide
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This guide was developed to provide a technical resource for government, private, and non-profit organizations involved in permitting, designing, or constructing stream
channel and bank stabilization and restoration projects. A primary reason for
developing this guide is to combine information found scattered in numerous documents
into a single publication. It covers permitting, design, costs, and best management practices.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Trout Unlimited's Embrace A Stream
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants for habitat restoration projects in partnership with private landowners.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Trout Unlimited's Land Conservancy Fund
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants to conserve land in partnership with private landowners and land trusts.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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USDA Conservation Innovation Grants
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Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) offer matching-funds to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative approaches and technologies for conservation on agricultural lands.
Eligibility: CIG applications are accepted from state or local governments, federally recognized American Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations and individuals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands areas.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources