Classifying Healthy Brook Trout Watersheds
This document explains how the Brook Trout Workgroup defines healthy brook trout watersheds, or watersheds that support healthy brook trout populations.
Authors
- Nick Staten
- Katie Ombalski
- Dan Goetz
- Lori Maloney
- Matthew Mayfield
Description
With the 2025 revision of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership has established a new Brook Trout Outcome that emphasizes the importance of targeting conservation and restoration practices in watersheds that support healthy brook trout populations. This document explains how healthy brook trout watersheds are defined.