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Project Rankings for FY15 FWS-NFHAP Funding
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This document contains the recommended ranking for Brook Trout conservation projects submitted for FY15 FWS-NFHAP funding.
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Ranking Site Vulnerability to Increasing Temperatures in Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Streams in VA: An Exposure-Sensitivity Approach - Trumbo et al. 2014
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This publication describes an approach determining habitat vulnerability to climate change based on measures of sensitivity and exposure.
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Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy-References
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Removal of Two Dams in the Wetmore Run Watershed, PA_FY12 Project
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As part of a plan to upgrade their public water supply to a non-dam alternative, the Borough of Galeton agreed to remove two dams and their associated impoundments. The dams were located on Wetmore Run and Right Branch of Wetmore Run, Potter County, PA. Both streams are classified as High Quality – Coldwater Fishery (HQ – CWF) by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) and drain a predominantly forested watershed comprised of ~60% public land. The barriers blocked upstream Brook Trout passage to approximately 8.5 miles of headwater habitat, contributed to the elevation of instream temperatures, interrupted the natural flow regime, and negatively impacted ecosystem function. As a result of the dam removals, almost 8.5 miles of headwater habitat was reconnected to the rest of the upper Pine Creek Watershed, which contains several intact eastern Brook Trout populations.
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SEACAP: Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project: Assessing the ecological impact of dams on Southeastern rivers
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The Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project (SEACAP) grew out of and builds on the conceptual framework of the Chesapeake Fish Passage Prioritization Project and the Northeast Aquatic Connectivity Project.
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September 10, 2014 Steering Committee Meeting Document
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This document provides background material on each of the agenda items discussed during the EBTJV Steering Committee Meeting.
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September 2014 Steering Committee Conference Call Summary
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This document is a summary of discussions about agenda items covered during the Steering Committee meeting that was held on September 10, 2014.
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Summary of 12-16-14 SC Conference Call
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This document summarizes the discussions that occurred during the SC conference call held on 12-16-14.
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March 17, 2015 SC Conference Call Documents
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Summary of EBTJV Steering Committee Meeting - Sept. 10, 2014
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This document is the final version of the EBTJV Steering Committee Meeting that was held in junction with the partnership's 10th Anniversary Meeting held at NCTC.
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Summary of EBTJV Steering Committee Meeting - Dec. 16, 2014
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This document is the approved version of the summary for the EBTJV Steering Committee's conference called held December 16, 2014.
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The temperature–productivity squeeze: constraints on brook trout growth along an Appalachian river continuum
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We tested the hypothesis that brook trout growth rates are controlled by a complex interaction of food availability, water temperature, and competitor
density. We quantified trout diet, growth, and consumption in small headwater tributaries characterized as cold with low food and high trout density, larger tributaries characterized as cold with moderate food and moderate trout density, and large main stems characterized as warm with high food and low trout density. Brook trout consumption was highest in the main stem where diets shifted from insects in headwaters to fishes and crayfish in larger streams. Despite highwater temperatures, trout growth rates also were consistently highest in the main stem, likely due to competitively dominant trout monopolizing thermal refugia. Temporal changes in trout density had a direct negative effect on brook trout
growth rates. Our results suggest that competition for food constrains brook trout growth in small streams, but access to thermal refugia in productive main stem habitats enables dominant trout to supplement growth at a watershed scale. Brook trout conservation in this region should seek to relieve the ‘‘temperature–productivity squeeze,’’ whereby brook trout productivity is constrained by access to habitats that provide both
suitable water temperature and sufficient prey.
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