Title
Unassessed Waters Initiative: What We Have Learned in 4 Years of Sampling and Over 500 Streams
Start Date
22-11-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
22-11-2014 10:30 AM
Description
Since 2011 Susquehanna University has participated in the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Unassessed Waters Initiative. As part of this Initiative we have surveyed over 500 previously Unassessed Waters throughout central Pennsylvania to determine their status as possible Wild Trout streams. We found brook trout in greater than 50% of these streams. Many streams supported robust populations of brook trout.
Type
Presentation
Session
Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology and the Chesapeake Bay, moderator Steven Jordan
Language
eng
Unassessed Waters Initiative: What We Have Learned in 4 Years of Sampling and Over 500 Streams
Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room
Since 2011 Susquehanna University has participated in the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Unassessed Waters Initiative. As part of this Initiative we have surveyed over 500 previously Unassessed Waters throughout central Pennsylvania to determine their status as possible Wild Trout streams. We found brook trout in greater than 50% of these streams. Many streams supported robust populations of brook trout.