Aa Aa Aa Over the past 100 years, brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (Figure 1) have experienced extensive declines throughout their native range. Declines have been especially precipitous in the ...

Post-Helene debris and waterway changes have made some of the public’s favorite fishing rivers inaccessible for the season, ...

The volunteer anglers from APWC-TU initiated the citizen science study to determine if local brook trout are genetically distinct from other native and stocked populations in New York state.

Today, Eastern brook trout are found in only a fraction of the waters of their native range, the DEP said. Over the years, protective regulations have been put in place to conserve the native ...