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…

Steve Hurley (Mass Fish and Wildlife) made the following video in November, 2016. Watch the video and then read Steve’s own words explaining what he observed below. This interesting finding was the subject of a popular article in Fly Fisherman Magazine. Both videos are shown – above shows some post-processing color changes, below shows the…

Update on brook trout rehabilitation in the Ontario waters of Lake Superior, Lake Nipigon, and the Nipigon River Public Workshop Proceedings Upper Great Lakes Management Unit – Lake Superior Technical Report 11-02 (November 2011) Executive Summary Brook trout populations have declined from historic highs in the Ontario waters of Lake Superior, Lake Nipigon, and the…

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Please scroll down to view video from this presentation. Charles Cooper of the Coonamesset River Trust introducing Steve Hurley.  (5 min) Steve Hurley Part 1 (about 3 minutes) Steve Hurley Part 2 – (30 min) Steve Hurley Part 3 – (30 min)

Below follows an ever evolving list of published books, scientific papers and significant articles regarding sea-run (anadromous) brook trout. NB: Not all what you read is true. Fishermen, fisheries historians and scholars please note, the literature below is only presented as historic record. Much of what is written and published by otherwise revered authorities turns…

Here’s a couple of snapshots to orient you on a recent DSF culvert removal project up in Maine. After DSF’s Dwayne Shaw gives a basic overview, you’ll find a map and further information about the project. Below is a gallery to put it all in context. Dwayne gives us a very short tour of downstream….

This first-ever study of brook trout’s use of Red Brook, from the headwaters to the saltwater, funded in part by SRBTC, was published in February of 2014. As little is known about wild brookie’s use of the estuary and salt water below the stream, UMass graduate student Erin Snook worked with a team of scientists…

This video of an “unnamed brook” is actually of Angeline Brook, Westport, MA. It was put together by SRBTC volunteers back in 2007, long before SRBTC was formally incorporated. Without your support, this beautiful and fragile brook could dry up and disappear. Development is currently planned that, if allowed, would pull a great deal of…