Brook Trout Completed
Land and climate changes are expected to adversely affect aquatic ecosystems and conditions for brook trout and other freshwater species.
USGS studies focus on better understanding several factors that affect Brook Trout populations including:
- the role of groundwater in sustaining stream temperatures,
- the effects of climate and land change on elevated stream temperature and altered hydrology,
- the competition of invasive species on Brook Trout populations, and
- the effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas (UOG) development on Brook Trout populations and habitat.
USGS provides decision-relevant science for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) goal to “restore and sustain naturally reproducing Brook Trout populations in Chesapeake headwater streams with an 8-percent increase in occupied habitat by 2025.”
Federal agencies (EPA, USGS, FWS, USFS) coordinate studies to assess the effects of land disturbance and hydraulic fracking fluids on Brook Trout populations and associated stream conditions. The findings help the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV), FWS, and State partners prioritize and assess actions to restore Brook Trout and account for other threats to their populations and habitat.
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Below are partners associated with this project.
Land and climate changes are expected to adversely affect aquatic ecosystems and conditions for brook trout and other freshwater species.
USGS studies focus on better understanding several factors that affect Brook Trout populations including:
- the role of groundwater in sustaining stream temperatures,
- the effects of climate and land change on elevated stream temperature and altered hydrology,
- the competition of invasive species on Brook Trout populations, and
- the effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas (UOG) development on Brook Trout populations and habitat.
USGS provides decision-relevant science for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) goal to “restore and sustain naturally reproducing Brook Trout populations in Chesapeake headwater streams with an 8-percent increase in occupied habitat by 2025.”
Federal agencies (EPA, USGS, FWS, USFS) coordinate studies to assess the effects of land disturbance and hydraulic fracking fluids on Brook Trout populations and associated stream conditions. The findings help the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV), FWS, and State partners prioritize and assess actions to restore Brook Trout and account for other threats to their populations and habitat.
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Below are partners associated with this project.