Priority Brook Trout Subwatersheds within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
The conservation priority scoring for Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture subwatersheds within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Description
This document, published as an appendix to the Brook Trout Management Strategy, includes five tables:
- Subwatersheds within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that have a priority score
≥ 0.79; - Number and percentage of catchments within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that
have an HQI ≥ 0.50, summarized by 8-digit HUCs; - Level 1 priority subwatersheds containing wild brook trout only (allopatric)
patches; - Level 2 priority subwatersheds containing wild brook trout only (allopatric)
patches; and - Level 3 priority subwatersheds containing wild brook trout only (allopatric)
patches.
Category: Backgrounder