SC Bring Back the Brookie

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources electroshocked King and Crane Creeks in early July.  They found good populations of brookies in both creeks, including reproduction.  They received a big grant this spring from the National Fish Habitat Initiative for habitat evaluation of streams in the Jocasee Gorge for brook trout introduction.  The Forest Service also [...]

Beautiful brookie not yet in full spawning colors.

An early display of fall spawning color only emphasizes the beauty of this collected Southern Appalachian Brookie from King Creek during an electroshocking for the Upstate Master Naturalist class. This is a major restocking success story evidenced also by the presence of natural reproduction. Congratulations to the [...]

Male brookie in spawning colors.

With perhaps the least number of miles of trout streams of any Eastern Seaboard state, South Carolina is, nonetheless, just as passionate about maintaining and improving the quality of its coldwater resources as any. So it went almost without saying that, when the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture was formed, [...]

9. January 2008 by admin.

Converting to a blog nature would seem a good way to keep fresh content coming in and avoid the long delays with communicating with the sole editor, especially in the event of absence due to unforseen or unalterable events. So stay tuned as this site is re-populated with past [...]