{"id":32136,"date":"2019-11-13T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T14:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=32136"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:28:43","slug":"restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Native Brook Trout in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrcuatweb.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Inland Fisheries Division has been working to restore brook trout in the state. Coldwater research coordinator Jacob Rash, who works with the brook trout team technicians on this project, spoke to EM about the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn North Carolina, brook trout are our only native trout species,\u201d explains Mr. Rash. \u201cWith that come biological and ecological considerations as well as cultural importance. A lot of folks here grew up fishing for brook trout with their relatives, so it&#8217;s an important species that we work to try to conserve. We&#8217;ve done quite a bit of work to figure out where those brook trout populations are and what they are, in terms of genetics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams capture brook trout using electrofishers and nets, and then measure them and collect samples of their DNA. This process is part of a larger ongoing effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32131\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32131\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_4-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"brook trout\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_4.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">NCWRC Staff Electrofishing during Brook Trout survey (credit: Thomas Harvey)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBack in the late-1800s and early-1900s there was intensive forestry across the landscape,\u201d says Mr. Rash. \u201cA lot of those methods utilize the streams to transport materials out of the forest\u2014these are pretty intense landscape practices. Folks were realizing even by the early 1900s that they were not seeing all those pretty fish that were once there, and intensive stocking took place to try to bring those fish back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In North Carolina, not only were brook trout themselves stocked back in the waters, but also rainbow trout from the Western US, and brown trout from Europe. Today, brook trout have lost 70 to 85 percent of their range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFolks didn&#8217;t know this, but those cultured brook trout stocks trace their lineages back to the New England states,\u201d details Mr. Rash. \u201cLoss of habitat, loss of range, encroachment by brown trout and rainbow trout, and the introduction of genes that were not here traditionally all happened. So, there is influence by those brook trout strains across the landscape.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has led the researchers to ask several questions as they work to untangle the genetic picture that exists as multiple trout species now co-exist where brook trout once lived alone. For example: Are these the fish that were here? Have they in fact been influenced by stocking throughout history?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s why genetic work is so critical,\u201d remarks Mr. Rash. \u201cIt lets us answer that question and helps us figure out which fish we&#8217;re working with. And that has all sorts of implications, particularly when we&#8217;re looking to restore brook trout populations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This matters from a biological standpoint, not just because managers want to preserve this particular trout, but also because keeping them around and healthy is important to efficiently managing the local ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32133\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32133\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_2-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"brook trout\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Coloration of the Brook Trout (credit: J. Rash)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe can now go to donor streams and know, yes, these brook trout are the ones that should be here, and some of those adults may make excellent candidates for us to move to other streams to help establish populations,\u201d Mr. Rash describes. \u201cThat&#8217;s a lot more effective and efficient than just randomly grabbing populations, because you may not know what they are. We&#8217;re able to really zero in and make the best decisions possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring native species and water quality<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thriving brook trout\u2014the only native trout\u2014in the headwater systems also signals better water quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen brook trout are present and thriving, that means that they&#8217;ve got the habitat suitable to maintain them,\u201d states Mr. Rash. \u201cIf the waters at the top of the watershed are in good enough condition to support brook trout, that is a positive signal for the resources downstream to which these waters flow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brook Trout are sensitive. If the local aquatic ecosystem is supporting them, it is probably capable of supporting everything else that should be there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you think about a raindrop falling on the top of a mountain, that&#8217;s going to go downhill,\u201d remarks Mr. Rash. \u201cIf conditions start out well enough to support brook trout up top, chances are that whatever&#8217;s below them will have conditions that are better than they would be otherwise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, Mr. Rash and the team sees brook trout populations in North Carolina above 3,000 feet, and below that rainbow and\/or brown trout. However, historically it&#8217;s likely that the brook trout would have been in some of the lower reaches that are currently occupied by rainbow and brown trout alone. These are just a few of the considerations the team weighs as they design a program like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32132\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32132\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"brook trout\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_3.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">NCWRC Staff Collecting Genetic Material From A Brook Trout (credit: Thomas Harvey)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe work that we do is all part of a larger effort,\u201d comments Mr. Rash. \u201cThere are multiple partners involved because we have our focus and other partners do, too. But the issues that impact a species like brook trout don&#8217;t understand administrative boundaries, so by working with partners, we are all able to work collaboratively to address the larger issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Mr. Rash&#8217;s team collaborates with numerous partners such as surrounding states (e.g., South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia), the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Forest Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/index.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Park Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ebci.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu.org\/\">Trout Unlimited<\/a>, and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easternbrooktrout.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe all work to share ideas about what we may be doing individually, and pull all of that together to address brook trout conservation as a whole,\u201d remarks Mr. Rash. \u201cAt the end of the day, we&#8217;re all trying to get to the same goal. I think it takes folks working together, particularly when there are so many aspects to it. It&#8217;s a challenge, but it&#8217;s really exciting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That goal might include deploying volunteers to collect water samples on an ongoing basis or conducting work to improve habitats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPlanting riparian vegetation to increase shading, for example,\u201d explains Mr. Rash. \u201cThe larger collaborative approach is focused on improving habitat across the range and improving fish passage so that they can have access to different reaches within the stream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local history and culture fuel much of the work and care behind this fish restoration project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs the only native trout, for everyone from anglers to biologists like myself, these fish certainly carry a sense of importance that makes them special,\u201d adds Mr. Rash. \u201cNative fishes should be here. Plus, these Brook Trout are so pretty. If you see one of these, they&#8217;re one of the more striking fish. When they get those colors that they do, particularly in the fall, it&#8217;s a special thing. So yes, they do mean a lot to many people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In North Carolina, a collaborative approach is helping scientists restore native brook trout and test them genetically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":32135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,458,8,49,462,468],"tags":[2006,517,673,2014,60,2015,2010,2011,401,109,2009,2007,2008,2013,2012],"class_list":["post-32136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-fish-science","category-newsfeed","category-rivers-streams","category-species","category-trout","tag-brook-trout","tag-conservation","tag-eastern-band-of-cherokee","tag-eastern-brook-trout-joint-venture","tag-featured","tag-fish-restoration","tag-inland-fisheries-division","tag-jacob-rash","tag-national-park-service","tag-news-ticker","tag-north-carolina-wildlife-resources-commission","tag-restocking","tag-trout-dna","tag-trout-unlimited","tag-us-forest-service"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Restoring Native Brook Trout in North Carolina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In North Carolina, a collaborative approach is helping scientists restore native brook trout and test them genetically.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Restoring Native Brook Trout in North Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In North Carolina, a collaborative approach is helping scientists restore native brook trout and test them genetically.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Environmental Monitor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-13T14:49:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-22T19:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BrookTrout_5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karla Lant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karla Lant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karla Lant\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b\"},\"headline\":\"Restoring Native Brook Trout in North Carolina\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-13T14:49:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-22T19:28:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm\"},\"wordCount\":1138,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/restoring-native-brook-trout-in-north-carolina.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/BrookTrout_5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"brook trout\",\"conservation\",\"Eastern Band of Cherokee\",\"Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture\",\"featured\",\"fish restoration\",\"Inland Fisheries Division\",\"Jacob Rash\",\"National Park Service\",\"news ticker\",\"North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission\",\"restocking\",\"trout DNA\",\"Trout Unlimited\",\"US Forest Service\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Conservation\",\"Fish Science\",\"Newsfeed\",\"Rivers &amp; 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