This is a page dedicated to our dear friend and co-founder Michael Hopper. 1959 – 2018 If you wish to make a donation in his name, please send your donation to: Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition Hopper Memorial Fund 18 Orange St Newburyport, MA 01950 .. Alternately, if you wish to make an immediate donation,…
Continue reading →Here’s one way you can continue to support SRBTC throughout the year. By clicking this link, anything you buy through Amazon will benefit sea-run brook trout restoration. They pay a fraction of a percent to SRBTC for any purchases. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-4568873 Of course, if you wish to offer more support, please become a member, buy a…
Continue reading →[Update: In December 2017, SRBTC received a small grant from New England Biolabs to help extend our eDNA sampling work into other species. This update marks the fourth grant we have received to support our ongoing eDNA work. The three other grants are from ECCF, Cell Signaling Technologies and Trout Unlimited Nor’East Chapter.] From The…
Continue reading →Extra special thanks to Lori Day for writing this, and to Max and Gabby Holmes for having such great kids! It is so great to see kids having fun connecting with nature, even if they have to skip school. This article was part of an 8 page spread about sea-run brook trout restoration in Massachusetts…
Continue reading →Read about exciting progress in SE Massachusetts and Maine to bring back the historic sea-run brook trout that once teemed in hundreds of coastal access streams throughout New England. Use page controls at the bottom of the image below to advance to the next page, or download and print for reading later using the buttons…
Continue reading →FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2017 CONTACT Katie Gronendyke – Energy and Environmental Affairs Katie.gronendyke@state.ma.us<mailto:Katie.gronendyke@state.ma.us> Baker-Polito Administration Announces Grants for Water Protection and Habitat Restoration Projects BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $506,344 in grants from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) to 15 projects across the state that will restore aquatic habitat, rivers and…
Continue reading →This was originally produced by Russ Cohen of Mass Department of Ecological Restoration. Russ retired from Mass DER back in 2015 after 27 years. It is reproduced here, as it was in the original, with only the title shortened. Thank you Russ Cohen for your service. [Prepared by Russ Cohen, Rivers Advocate, Mass. Dept. of…
Continue reading →Recent article about SRBTC. Thanks http://www.americanangler.com !
Continue reading →Here you can find great video about sea-run brook trout (and related fish) conservation work on Cape Cod and Maine. This five-part video from Steve Hurley is a great place to start. Steve is the Southeastern District Fisheries Manager for Mass Wildlife . Here’s Steve in the field in Westport MA. Here’s Beth Lambert from…
Continue reading →Steve Hurley made the following video this past fall. Watch the video and then read Steve’s own words explaining what he observed below. Both videos are shown – above shows some post-processing color changes, below shows the original. Observations of Trout Spawning Under High Tides During the Supermoon A female brook trout digs her redd…
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