SC Bring Back the Brookie

REPORT TO SC TROUT UNLIMITED COUNCIL

Progress on Restoration of the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Spring Meeting March 20, 2010 Saluda River Chapter

Submitted by the South Carolina Back the Brookie Committee

Funding has been secured through a Trout Unlimited Embrace a Stream grant and other sources to begin evaluation of the habitat of streams in the Jocassee Gorges of South Carolina to determine which ones are suitable for restoration [...]

Something new

[slideshow id=2]Lest I be neglectful and forget, here are a few pictures from our leader, Dave VanLear.

A little fun

We certainly will miss Vance Baird’s guiding hand on this committee, but are happy to welcome Marcus Leach. He brings fresh ideas and a bit of youth to the table, not to mention a bit of talent in areas other than fishing. Take a look here at a video he has given me permission to [...]

SC’s Quarterly Report to the EBJTV

EBTJV QUARTERLY REPORT

August 10, 2009

Conservation:

South Carolina’s Back the Brookie efforts continued during the summer of 2009:

South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources electroshocked King and Crane Creeks in early July. For the first time since our brook trout restoration efforts began, [...]

Brookie Update

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 [...]

A Masterpiece

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 [...]

THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BROOK TROUT – From Requiem to Renaissance

3. July 2008 by Dave.

The southern Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina are home to several species of trout. The rainbow trout, a non-native, is indigenous to the west coast of the United States and Canada, and the brown trout, another non-native, was introduced from Europe. Our only native trout is the brook [...]

SC Brookie.org

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, [...]

Welcome to our changeover!

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 [...]