EBTJV Newsletters

EBTJV Habitat News June 2025

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.

EBTJV Habitat News May 2025

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.