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EBTJV Habitat News June 2025
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In this issue:
NFHP-FWS funding awarded for five Brook Trout conservation projects;
Canaan Valley Institute and U.S. Forest Service improve road-stream crossings in the Upper Greenbrier watershed of WV;
NYS DEC is seeking input on its draft Adirondack Ponds Brook Trout Management Plan;
CT DEEP is seeking input from anglers;
Videos from NFWF and NFHP;
Upcoming free fishing days.
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Waits River Culvert Replacements in Groton State Forest, Orange, VT
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This project proposes to replace two proximate culverts on an unnamed tributary to the Waits River. This will open 2 miles of headwater stream (reconnecting 5.7 mi total).
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Restoration and habitat enhancement for Southern Appalachian Brook Trout in Wright, Abner, Dogwood, and Emory Creeks, Jocassee Gorges, South Carolina
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South Carolina DNR proposes to restore native Eastern Brook Trout populations in four streams in three patches totaling 14.6 km (9.1 miles) of habitat.
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Somerset Conservation District
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North Fork Bens Creek Aquatic Passage and Large Wood Project
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Includes installation of strategically placed large woody material and upgrading two failing stream crossings in the upper basin on an allopatric brook trout stream.
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EBTJV Habitat News May 2025
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The EBTJV is excited to welcome the Tennessee Aquarium as our newest MOU member, bringing us to 39
MOU partners. We share an interview with Stephanie Chance about the Conservation Institute’s response to a
2024 drought event, their recovery efforts for Laurel Dace and Brook Trout, and more.
Here for the research links? In addition to news clips, we’ve compiled a (definitely not exhaustive) list of
publications through mid-2024 related to Brook Trout population dynamics and distribution, genetics and
hatchery influence, ecological interactions, and pollution and environmental impacts.
Speaking of research, please join us in congratulating Vermont’s Jud Kratzer for his recent award on behalf of Vermont FWD for research on wood additions to northern VT streams. Every time we speak to Jud we learn a little more about this technique and its benefits to not just Brook Trout, but also fluvial function and ecosystem health. VFWD’s recent work, in partnership with TU, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Weyerhaeuser Corporation, demonstrated how wood addition traps sediment and reduces sediment and nutrient loads
downstream.
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Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture Awards FY25 projects
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EBTJV-NFHP-FWS awards were announced in late May
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Batavia Kill Reconnection Project for Brook Trout, Delaware County, New York
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The Batavia Kill project will include the replacement of three culverts that will reconnect over 4 miles of high-quality headwater habitat for Brook Trout. Location chosen as the highest priority site for potential culvert replacement project as part of TU’s East Branch Delaware River Trout Habitat Improvement Project.
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Five Brook Trout conservation projects that EBTJV endorsed for FY25 were awarded a total of $245,000 in NFHP funding. These projects will bring $1.3M in other contributions.
These five projects will remove eight barriers to fish passage—including one dam and seven culverts—reconnect over 21 miles of priority brook trout streams, and restore nine acres of riparian habitat. Two projects will reintroduce brook trout populations in areas where they were previously lost. One project was supported in partnership with our neighboring FHP, the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP), demonstrating the connection between headwaters and coastal ecosystems. Congratulations to the South Carolina DNR, Trout Unlimited, Squat-A-Tissit Chapter of TU, and Somerset Conservation District.
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New Hampshire Stream Crossing Initiative
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he New Hampshire Stream Crossing Initiative is a multi-agency group that collaboratively works to align resources and improve management of stream crossing infrastructure across the state. The Initiative provides the tools needed for stakeholders to make data-driven decisions for targeting investments in projects that support transportation, stream connectivity, fish and wildlife habitat, and flood resilience. Please note: New Hampshire has its own stream crossing assessment methodology, which contains several specific fields developed for New Hampshire. It is nearly identical to that of the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative’s methods, but there is great value in both.
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Aquatic Organism Passage I&A and state design guidelines