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- Regional Brook Trout Threats
- EBTJV's Conservation Strategies
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- 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
- Projects
- 2021 Projects
- 2020 Projects
- 2019 Projects
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2018 Projects
- Upper South Branch/Thorn Creek Brook Trout Patch Restoration and Monitoring, Cave, WV
- Darnit Brook Culvert Replacement, Nezinscot-Androscoggin River, Buckfield, ME
- St. Croix River Tributary Culvert Replacement,West Musquash Tributary, Grand Lake Stream, Maine
- Wilson Creek Watershed Improvement Project, Rugby, VA
- Bowman Creek Eastern Brook Trout Habitat Restoration
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2017 Projects
- Dam Removal, East Branch Passumpsic River, East Burke, Vermont
- Enhancing and Connecting Wild Brook Trout Populations in VT’s West Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Restoring a Brook Trout Metapopulation within the Little Cataloochee Creek & Anthony Creek Watersheds, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- 2016 Projects
- 2015 Projects
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2014 Projects
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2014 Restoring Habitat Connectivity, Machias & Saint Croix River tributary streams ME: EBTJV&NFHAP
- W. Branch Amazon Brook outlet 9.13
- Flowage at W. Branch Amazon Brook 9.13
- Culvert outlet, Grand Lake Brook at 4th Lake Rd, 9.13
- Cobble bar below scour pool, culvert on Grand Lake Brook at 4th Lake Rd, 9.13
- Culvert outlets, Billy Brown Brook at Shaw St, 9.13
- Culvert inlets, Billy Brown Brook at Shaw St, 9.13
- 4th Lake trib. outlet 9.2013
- 4th Lake trib. inlet 9.2013
- Photo Release Forms
- Downeast Lakes Land Trust MDIFW EBTJV Support Letter 2013
- EBTJV DLLT Funding Application 2013
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Mill Creek Stream Restoration, Tygart River, Kumbrabow State Forest, WV
- Mill Creek Pre-Project Image 1
- Mill Creek Pre-Project Image 2
- Mill Creek Pre-Project Image 3
- Mill Creek Stream Restoration, Tygart River, Kumbrabow State Forest, WV
- Mill Creek, WV After Project Photo 1
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 2
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 3
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 4
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 5
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 6
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 7
- Mill Creek, WV Post Project Photo 8
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2014 Restoring Habitat Connectivity, Machias & Saint Croix River tributary streams ME: EBTJV&NFHAP
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2013 Projects
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Upper White River Habitat Restoration, VT
- Application Upper White River Habitat Restoration, Vermont
- Photo of Nason Brook Culvert, White River, Vermont
- Photo of West Branch Post Gravel Extraction, White River, Vermont
- Photo Release West Branch, Upper White River Habitat Restoration Vermont
- Photo Release for Nason Brook, Upper White River, Vermont
- Project Sheet for Marsh Brook Road
- Project Sheet for Moose Run
- Project Sheet for North Hollow Road
- Project Sheet for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Restoring Connectivity in the Sunday River and Martin Stream Watersheds, Maine
- Scott Brook Fish Passage Project, Maine
- Restoration of Natural Hydrology and Habitat Complexity in the Machias, Rivers, Maine
- Dirt & Gravel Road, Streambank Stabilization Project on Cross Fork, Pennsylvania
- Dam Removals to Reconnect Brook Trout Habitat on an Unnamed Tributary to Frankstown Branch, PA
- St. Mary's Liming, St. Mary's River, Virginia
- In-Stream Habitat Restoration in the Meduxnekeag Watershed, Maine
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Upper White River Habitat Restoration, VT
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2012 Projects
- Removal of Two Dams in the Wetmore Run Watershed, Potter County, PA
- Restoration of Native Charr in Big Wadleigh Pond Maine
- Jam Black Brook Culvert Replacement in Searsmont, Maine
- Nash Stream Restoration Project, Coos County, New Hampshire
- Culvert Replacement and Instream Habitat Restoration in the Nulhegan River Vermont
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Oats Run, Upper Shavers Fork, Aquatic Passage Project in Pocahontas County, WV
- Photo of the Passage Barrier on Oats Run in West Virginia
- Application for Oats Run, Upper Shavers Fork, WV
- Train Delivering New Culvert to the Oats Run Passage Project, West Virginia
- Oats Run, Upper Shavers Fork, Aquatic Passage Project in Pocahontas County, WV
- Oats Run Post Project Photo 1
- Construction of New Culvert on Oats Run
- Oats Run Post Project Photo 2
- Train Delivering New Culverts to Oats Run
- Restoring Aquatic Organism Passage within Wolf Laurel Branch, NC
- Brook Trout Catchment Scale and Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
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2011 Projects
- Marshall Brook Culvert Replacement, Hancock County, Maine
- Restoring Habitat Connectivity in Machias and Saint Croix River Tributary Streams, Maine
- Upper Shavers Fork Aquatic Passage Project, West Virginia
- Carloe Brook Fish Passage Restoration Project, Washington County, Maine
- Thunder Brook Dam Removal, Chesire, Massachusetts
- Enhancing Connectivity in the Ash-Black Rock Subbasin of the WB Narraguagus River, Maine
- Brook Trout Restoration in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
- Removal of Illegally Introduced and Missed Rainbow Trout from Lynn Camp Prong, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
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2010 Projects
- Hamant Brook Culvert Replacement, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
- Restoring Browns Run Fish Passage, Barr Township, Pennsylvania
- Restoring Aquatic Organism Passage within Tipton Creek, North Carolina
- Culvert Replacement and Instream Habitat Restoration on Indian Stream, New Hampshire
- Restoring Stream Connectivity in the WB Machias River in Maine
- Brook Trout Restoration and Expansion in Garth Run, Virginia
- Batten Kill Restoration Near Eagleville, New York
- Wood Additions into the Sheepscot, Narraguagus, Machias Watersheds, Maine
- Thorn Creek Aquatic Passage Project, Pendelton County, West Virginia
- Expanding Brook Trout in Willow Creek, Pennsylvania
- Hathaway Brook Dam Removal and Stream Restoration in MA
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2009 Projects
- Assessment and Restoration of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout in Jocassee Gorges, South Carolina
- South Branch of Kinzua Creek Acid Precipitation Remediation Project, Pennsylvania
- Leadmine Brook Fish Passage and Habitat Restoration Project, Connecticut
- Brook Trout Restoration on the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
- Restoring Habitat Connectivity in the Bob's Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania
- Indian Stream Fish Habitat Restoration Project, New Hampshire
- North River Stream Channel Restoration, Augusta County, Virgina
- Umpire Brook Culvert Replacement, Vermont
- Restoring Stream Habitat Connectivity in WB Machias, Maine
- Assessing the Efficacy of Remediating Episodic Low pH concentrations in Headwater Brook Trout Streams with Clam Shell Additions, Maine
- Sevier Road Crossing Stream Restoration in the Nine Mile Creek Watershed, New York
- Casselman River Watershed AMD Remediation Project, MD
- Wallacks Branch of Bob's Creek Fish Habitat Improvement Project
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2008 Projects
- Brook Trout Restoration Lynn Camp Prong, Great Smokey Mountain National Park, Tennessee
- Chop and Drop in Sunday River, Maine
- Restoration of North Branch of the Hoosic River, Removal of the Briggsville, Massachusetts
- Whitethorn Creek Restoration, West Virginia
- Relocation of an Unnamed Sea-Run Brook Trout Stream, Maine
- Habitat Enhancement Project for Brook Trout in the Asaph Run Watershed, Pennsylvania
- Brook Trout Restoration on the Chattahoochee National Forest, Tennessee
- Brook Trout Habitat Improvements to McIntosh Brook, Allegany State Park, New York
- South Fork Little Conemaugh River Brook Trout Renewal, Pennsylvania
- Deep Brook Restoration and Monitoring Program, Connecticut
- Catawissa Creek AMD Restoration, Pennsylvania
- Smethport Reservoir Dam Removal and Habitat Restoration, Pennsylvania
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2007 Projects
- Restoring Brook Trout to Aaron Run, Maryland
- Lynn Camp Prong, Tennessee
- Chop and Drop in the Sunday River, Maine
- Habitat Restoration for Southern Appalachian Brook Trout in 15 Chattahoochee National Forest Streams, Georgia
- South Sandy Creek Restoration, Williams Run, Pennsylvania
- Cross Fork Stream Stabilization, Kettle Creek, Pennsylvania
- Raven Rock Dam Removal, Maryland
- Whitethorn Creek Restoration, West Virginia
- 2006 Projects
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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
- EBTJV Brook Trout Conservation Project Partners
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Organizations
- Allegheny Mineral
- Allegheny National Forest
- Allegheny State Park
- American Forestry Management
- American Rivers
- Androscoggin River Watershed Council
- Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
- BAMR
- American Fisheries Society
- American Fly Fishing Trade Association
- American Sportfishing Association
- Bureau of Land Management
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federation of Fly Fishers
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Izaak Walton League of America
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
- National Park Service
- New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- Trout Unlimited
- Trust for Public Land
- USDA Forest Service (Eastern Region)
- USDA Forest Service (Southern Region)
- DOI Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- 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
- Science and Data
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Brook Trout Conservation Decision Support Tools
- Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture Data & Tools
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Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment and Focal Area Tools
- Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Habitat Integrity and Future Security Assessment, and Focal Area Risk and Opportunity Analysis
- Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment and Focal Area Tools
- EBT Portfolio and Range-wide Assessment Webmap and Visualization Tools
- Eastern Brook Trout Range-wide Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Opportunity Analysis Presentation to EBTJV
- Conservation Design
- Fish Habitat Decision Support Tool
- Interactive Catchment Explorer
- Riparian Restoration Decision Support Tool
- Brook Trout Thermal Habitat Forecasts Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland & Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
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Aquatic Organism Passage Inventory & Assessment Protocols
- 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.
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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
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Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy-References
- Assessment and predictive model for Brook Trout in the eastern US - Thieling 2006
- Distribution and Status of Brook Trout in eastern U.S. - Hudy et al. 2008
- The Importance of Scale: Assessing and Predicting Brook Trout Status - Hudy et al. 2013
- Patch Metrics: A Cost Effective Method for Monitoring Brook Trout Populations - Hudy et al. 2013
- Chesapeake Bay Fish Passage Prioritization
- Conserving the Eastern Brook Trout: An Overview of Status, Threats, and Trends - 2005
- Midwest FHP Fish Habitat Modeling Results: Ohio River Basin and SARP
- When are Genetic Methods Useful for Estimating Contemporary Abundance and Detecting Population Trends - Tallmon et al. 2010
- Description of Methods Used to Develop Brook Trout Conservation Priority Scores at the Subwatershed Scale - Hanson et al. 2014
- Patch-Based Metrics: A Cost Effective Method for Short- and Long-Term Monitoring of EBTJV Wild Brook Trout Populations? - Whiteley et al. 2012
- Ranking Site Vulnerability to Increasing Temperatures in Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Streams in VA: An Exposure-Sensitivity Approach - Trumbo et al. 2014
- Predicting Brook Trout Occurrence in Stream Reaches throughout their Native Range in the Eastern United States - DeWeber and Wagner 2015
- Distribution, Status and Perturbations to Brook Trout within the eastern United States - Hudy et al. 2005
- Dynamically Downscaled Climate Simulations over North America - Hostetler et al. 2011
- Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report - IPCC
- Sampling strategies for estimating brook trout effective population size - Whitely et al. 2012
- Draft Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy_2-26-15
- 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
- Brook Trout Catchment Assessment Summary Report and Appendix Tables
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State Maps of Wild Brook Trout Patch Distribution
- A Map of Maine Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of New Hampshire Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Massachusetts Wild Brook Trout Patches
- Map of Vermont Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Connecticut Wild Brook Trout Patches
- Map of Rhode Island Wild Brook Trout Patches
- Map of New York Wild Brook Trout Patches
- Map of New Jersey Wild Brook Trout Patches
- Map of Pennsylvania Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Maryland Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of West Virginia Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Virginia Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of North Carolina Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of South Carolina Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Georgia Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Tennessee Wild Brook Trout Patches
- A Map of Ohio Wild Brook Trout Patches
- EBTJV Print Material
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Symposium Proceedings, Webinars and Videos
- Symposium Proceedings
- Webinars
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Videos
- Native Brook Trout Restoration - NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Cantrell Creek Habitat Improvement
- Wild Brook Trout Restoration in Passage Creek, VA
- Bringing Back the Brooks - A Revival of the South’s Trout
- West Virginia Brook Trout
- Smith Creek Restoration Project
- Trout Unlimited-A Real Keeper?
- From the Field: Linking Land and Water in Brook Trout Conservation from Chesapeake Bay Program
- Brook Trout Conservation in WV
- EBTJV Data
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Brook Trout Conservation Decision Support Tools
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