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  • EBTJV's Conservation Strategies
  • Accomplishment Summaries
    • EBTJV accomplishments to 2020
    • An Overview of EBTJV Brook Trout Conservation Projects, 2006-2018
    • EBTJV - Celebrating Ten Years (2004-2014)
  • EBTJV Reports
    • Eastern Brook Trout Roadmap to Conservation (2018)
    • Conserving the Eastern Brook Trout-Action Strategies_January 2018
    • An Overview of Brook Trout Conservation Projects Supported by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish Habitat Action Plan Funds, 2006-2018
    • EBTJV Salmonid Catchment Assessment and Habitat Patch Layers
    • EBTJV Conservation Strategy (2011)
    • EBTJV Roadmap to Restoration (2008)
    • Eastern Brook Trout: Status and Threats (2006)
    • Status and Threats Fact Sheets
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    • DOI Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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    • Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
    • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
    • Wild Trout Flyrodders
    • Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership
    • Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership
    • White River Partnership
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  • EBTJV Funding Opportunities
    • 2023 Project Application Information
    • EBTJV Project Completion Report Template
    • 2022 Project application information
    • Project Applications Submitted to the EBTJV for FWS-NFHAP Funding Considerations
  • 2021 Projects
    • Restoring Brook Trout in the Bald Mountains of Tennessee
    • Alarka Headwaters habitat connectvity and sediment reduction project
    • Culvert Removal and Stream Restoration, Henderson Brook, Brownville, ME
  • 2020 Projects
    • Robinson IRP LWD Habitat Restoration, White River, VT
    • Lockwood Brook Culvert Replacement VT
    • Camp Wihakowi Dam Removal Bull Run, Northfield, VT
    • Peterson Pond Dam Removal Third Herring Brook, Hanover, MA
  • 2019 Projects
    • Culvert Replacement and Stream Restoration in Wolfden Run, Garrett County, Maryland
    • Harvey’s Lake Dam Removal, South Peacham Brook, Barnet, Vermont
    • Restoration of Riverine Process and Habitat Suitability In the Upper Narraguagus River and Northern Stream Focus Areas (Maine)
  • 2006 - 2018 Projects
    • 2018 Projects
    • 2017 Projects
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    • 2014 Projects
    • 2013 Projects
    • 2012 Projects
    • 2011 Projects
    • 2010 Projects
    • 2008 Projects
    • 2007 Projects
    • 2009 Projects
    • 2006 Projects
  • Project Completion Reports
    • Smith Creek Headwaters Restoration, VA_FY06 Project
    • Big Run Restoration, WV_FY06 Project
    • Cooper Creek Restoration, GA_FY06 Project
    • Browns River Watershed, VT_FY06 Project
    • Habitat Restoration in Chattahoochee National Forest Streams, GA_FY07 Project
    • Lynn Camp Prong Restoration, TN_FY07 Project
    • Sunday River "Chop and Drop", ME_FY07 Project
    • Whitethorn Creek Habitat Restoration, WV_FY07 Project
    • Williams Run Acid Mine Drainage Mitigation, PA_FY07 Project
    • Enhancing Connectivity in the Androscoggin River Watershed, ME_FY08 Project
    • Rehabilitation of an Unnamed Stream, ME_FY08 Project
    • Assessing the Efficacy of Remediating Episodic Low pH (and High Aluminum) Concentrations in Headwater Brook Trout Streams with Clam Shell Additions_FY09 Project
    • Tipton Creek Culvert Replacement, NC_FY10 Project
    • Restoring Connectivity in the West Branch Machias River, ME_FY10 Project
    • Willow Creek Restoration, PA_FY10 Project
    • Carloe Brook Fish Passage Restoration, ME_FY11 Project
    • Lynn Camp Prong Brook Trout Restoration, TN_FY11 Project
    • Restoring habitat connectivity in Machias and Saint Croix River tributary streams, ME_FY11 Project
    • Enhancing Connectivity in the West Branch Narraguagus River, ME_FY11 Project
    • Big Wadleigh Pond Restoration, ME_FY12 Project
    • Jam Black Brook Culvert Replacement, ME_FY12 Project
    • Removal of Two Dams in the Wetmore Run Watershed, PA_FY12 Project
    • Dam Removals on an Unnamed Tributary to Frankstown Branch, PA_FY13 Project
    • Scott Brook Fish Passage Restoration, ME_FY13 Project
    • Aquatic Habitat Connectivity in the Upper White River Watershed, VT_FY13 Project
    • Mill Creek “Chop and Drop”, WV_FY14 Project
    • Little Cards Brook Culvert Replacement, ME_FY16 Project
    • Anthony Creek & Little Cataloochee Creek Restoration, TN/NC_FY17 Project
    • Dam Removal on the East Branch of the Passumpsic River, VT_FY17 Project
    • Culvert Replacement in the West Musquash Tributary. ME_FY18 Project
    • Bowman Creek, PA
    • Wolf Den Run Final Report 2021
• Science and Data
  • Data and Brook Trout Decision Support Tools
    • Interactive GIS map featuring occupancy data layers (link to Ecosheds)
    • TU Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment and Focal Area Tools
    • Interactive Catchment Explorer
    • Riparian Restoration Decision Support Tool
    • Brook Trout Thermal Habitat Forecasts Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland & Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
    • North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative
  • EBTJV Maps
    • Interactive GIS map featuring occupancy data layers (link to Ecosheds)
    • 2016 Patch map
    • EBTJV State Maps and Resources
    • Eastern Brook Trout Health Map (Trout Unlimited)
  • Aquatic Organism Passage I&A and state design guidelines
    • Modified Culvert Inventory and Assessment Protocol
    • Chesapeake Fish Passage Prioritization: An Assessment of Dams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
    • Northeast Aquatic Connectivity: An Assessment of Dams on Northeastern Rivers.
    • SEACAP: Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project: Assessing the ecological impact of dams on Southeastern rivers.
    • State Sream Crossing Guidelines
  • Brook Trout Related Publications
    • Distribution, Status, and Land Use Characteristics of Subwatersheds within the Native Range of Brook Trout in the Eastern United States
    • Assessment and predictive model for brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population status in the eastern United States
    • Estimating size-specific brook trout abundance in continuously sampled headwater streams using Bayesian mixed models with zero inflation and overdispersion
    • Predicting Brook Trout Occurrence in Stream Reaches throughout their Native Range in the Eastern United States
    • The Importance of Scale: Assessing and Predicting Brook Trout Status in its Southern Native Range
    • Dynamics and regulation of the southern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population in an Appalachian stream
    • Population Response to Habitat Fragmentation in a Stream-Dwelling Brook Trout Population
    • Population regulation of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Hunt Creek, Michigan: a 50-year study
    • What predicts the use by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) of terrestrial invertebrate subsidies in headwater streams?
    • Geomorphic, Flood, and Groundwater-Flow Characteristics of Bayfield Peninsula Streams, Wisconsin, and Implications for Brook-Trout Habitat
    • Acid Mine Drainage and Effects on Fish Health and Ecology: A Review
    • Response of fish assemblages to declining acidic deposition in Adirondack Mountain lakes, 1984-2012
    • Broad-Scale Patterns of Brook Trout Responses to Introduced Brown Trout in New York
    • Evaluating the Trade-Offs between Invasion and Isolation for Native Brook Trout and Nonnative Brown Trout in Pennsylvania Streams
    • Impacts of Exotic Rainbow Trout on Habitat Use by Native Juvenile Salmonid Species at an Early Invasive Stage
    • Conservation Genetics of Remnant Coastal Brook Trout Populations at the Southern Limit of Their Distribution: Population Structure and Effects of Stocking
    • The influence of land cover composition and groundwater on thermal habitat availability for brook trout populations
    • Individual behaviour and resource use of thermally stressed brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis portend the conservation potential of thermal refugia
    • Linking movement and reproductive history of brook trout to assess habitat connectivity in a heterogeneous stream network
    • Brook Trout Movement in Response to Temperature, Flow, and Thermal Refugia within a Complex Appalachian Riverscape
    • Fall and Early Winter Movement and Habitat Use of Wild Brook Trout
    • The temperature–productivity squeeze: constraints on brook trout growth along an Appalachian river continuum
    • A regional neural network ensemble for predicting mean daily river water temperature
    • Quantifying the effect of semi-natural riparian cover on stream temperatures: implications for salmonid habitat management
    • Efficacy of Environmental DNA to Detect and Quantify Brook Trout Populations in Headwater Streams of the Adirondack Mountains, New York
    • Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: A case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis
    • A Protocol for Collecting Environmental DNA Samples From Streams
    • Environmental DNA Sampling Informs Fish Eradication Efforts: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
    • An Economic Analysis of Improved Road‐Stream Crossings
    • Technical Guide for Field Practitioners: Understanding and Monitoring Aquatic Organism Passage at Road-Stream Crossings
    • Northeast Aquatic Connectivity - An Assessment of Dams on Northeastern Rivers
    • Chesapeake Fish Passage Prioritization: An Assessment of Dams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
    • SEACAP: Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project: Assessing the ecological impact of dams on Southeastern rivers
    • Evaluating the Barrier Assessment Technique Derived from FishXing Software and the Upstream Movement of Brook Trout through Road Culverts
    • Modified Culvert Inventory and Assessment Protocol
    • Is motivation important to brook trout passage through culverts?
    • Evaluation of Wild Brook Trout Populations in Vermont Streams
    • Evaluation of Catch-and-Release Regulations on Brook Trout in Pennsylvania Streams
    • Movement Patterns of Brook Trout in a Restored Coastal Stream System in Southern Massachusetts
    • Metabolic rates of embryos and alevin from a cold-adapted salmonid differ with temperature, population and family of origin: implications for coping with climate change
    • Probabilistic measures of climate change vulnerability, adaptation action benefits, and related uncertainty from maximum temperature metric selection
    • Stream Assessment and Monitoring
    • Brook Trout Related Climate Change Vulnerability Research
    • Brook Trout Genetics Research
    • Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy-References
    • A new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida) infecting the medulla oblongata and nerve cord of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis in southern Appalachia (New River, NC, USA)
    • An updated geographic distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis (Hofer, 1903) (Bivalvulida: Myxobolidae) and the first diagnosed case of whirling disease in wild-caught trout in the south-eastern United States
    • Wood placement in river restoration: fact, fiction, and future direction
    • Development of Genetic Baseline Information to Support the Conservation and Management of Wild Brook Trout in North Carolina
    • Population genetics of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the southern Appalachian Mountains
    • Conservation and the Genetics of Populations 2nd Edition
  • Symposium Proceedings
    • Symposium Proceedings
  • Chesapeake Bay Program
    • Brook Trout Outcome Management Strategy 2015–2025, v.1
    • Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, 2014
    • Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy (6-24-15)
    • 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
  • Whitewater to Bluewater W2B
    • W2B Project map
  • Brook Trout Genetics
• The Story of Wild Brook Trout
  • Landowner Resources
    • Maryland conservation funding and technical assistance
    • Pennsylvania conservation funding and technical assistance
    • PADEP Video: Guidelines for Maintaining Streams in Your Community
    • Cattle don't grow in streams
    • South Carolina Conservation Districts
    • Connecticut conservation funding and technical assistance
    • South Carolina Stream Bank Repair Manual
    • Georgia Region 1 Soil and Water Conservation Districts
    • Georgia conservation funding and technical assistance
    • South Carolina conservation funding and technical assistance
    • Rhode Island conservation funding and technical assistance
    • NRCS Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
    • NRCS EQIP Program
    • Massachusetts conservation funding and technical assistance
    • Appalachian Stewardship Foundation Grants
    • West Virginia conservation funding and technical assistance
    • Virginia conservation funding and technical assistance
    • Northcentral Pennsylvania Stream Partnership
    • Vermont Landowner Resources
    • clean waters brochure
    • Brook trout clean water brochure
  • Find Your Niche
  • Brook trout basics
  • Regional Brook Trout Threats
  • Brook Trout Video and Webinar Gallery
    • Bringing Back the Brooks - a Revival of the South's Trout
    • Native Brook Trout Restoration, Haywood County North Carolina
    • Cantrell Creek Habitat Improvement
    • West Virginia Brook Trout
    • Brook Trout Conservation in WV
    • Fisheries - Responding to Drought and Water Challenges
    • The use of environmental (eDNA) to inform fish eradication efforts to restore native aquatic species.
    • Wild Brook Trout Restoration in Passage Creek, Virginia
    • TU EBT importance
    • Scicomm webinar: development of a genetic baseline for brook trout in North Carolina
    • Restoring Wild Brook Trout to Passage Creek, VA
    • From the Field: Linking Land and Water in Brook Trout Conservation from Chesapeake Bay Program
    • Smith Creek Restoration Project
    • From the Field: Tagged brook trout reveal the pristine health of Maryland’s Savage River
  • Wild Brook Trout Image Gallery
    • Brook trout sampled from the Connecticut Lakes Natural Area, NH
    • Greenough Pond female brook trout on paddle 2012.JPG
    • Greenough Pond male brook trout 2011.JPG
    • Greenough Pond male brook trout 2012.JPG
    • Greenough Pond male in hand 2012.JPG
    • Hook Natural Area, Pennsylvania
    • Cherry Run Game Lands Revisit
  • Are brook trout near me?
  • Eastern US map of wild brook trout patches
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EBTJV Management

This folder contains documents related to the management of the EBTJV partnership.

EBTJV Management Structure

EBTJV Management Structure

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EBTJV Steering Committee list

EBTJV Steering Committee

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EBTJV Memorandum of Understanding

EBTJV MOU_2018

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EBTJV Business Plan

The EBTJV business plan is focused on generating the financial resources and operational infrastructure that facilitates achievement of the partnership’s strategic conservation strategy for coldwater habitat throughout the historic eastern range of brook trout.

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Photo of a brook trout underwater in Tennessee

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