About the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
The Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) is a unique partnership between state and federal agencies, regional and local governments, businesses, conservation organizations, academia, scientific societies, and private citizens working toward protecting, restoring and enhancing brook trout populations and their habitats across their native range.
News
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Brook Trout: The Scourge and the Saint. Applying Lessons Learned from Both Eradication and Reintroduction Efforts across the West and East to Better Manage this Char
Proceedings from a symposium that was held during the 2019 American Fisheries Society/The Wildlife… More
Announcements
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Temperature Modeling to Management: Planning for Cold Water Resources
A symposium submitted for inclusion in the American Fisheries Society's 150th Annual Meeting… More -
10th International Charr Symposium in Japan: First Announcement
The International Symposium on Charr (genus Salvelinus) attracts a diverse community that uses… More -
Eastern Brook Trout Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment and Focal Area Tools
Trout Unlimited developed three conservation planning products to help identify strategic… More -
Donate Now to Support Brook Trout Conservation
Supporters of Brook Trout conservation can make a tax-deductible donation that will assist the… More
EBTJV Projects
From 2006 through 2018, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) allocated more than $3.3 million to the EBTJV in support of eighty-eight Brook Trout conservation projects, while project partners contributed $17.5 million, which equates to a 5:1 ratio of partner to Service funds . Two hundred forty different organizations have been involved in these Brook Trout conservation projects at the local level, with many partnering multiple times.
Recent Activity
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Environmental DNA Sampling Informs Fish Eradication Efforts: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Worldwide, freshwater ecosystems are threatened by invasive species, resulting in adverse effects… More -
An updated geographic distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis (Hofer, 1903) (Bivalvulida: Myxobolidae) and the first diagnosed case of whirling disease in wild-caught trout in the south-eastern United States
Myxobolus cerebralis (Bivalvulida: Myxobolidae), the aetiological agent of salmonid whirling… More -
A new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida) infecting the medulla oblongata and nerve cord of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis in southern Appalachia (New River, NC, USA)
Myxobolus neurofontinalis n. sp. infects the brain and medulla oblongata of brook trout… More
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Video Gallery
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Restoring Wild Brook Trout to Passage Creek, VA
This video shows the process of restoring wild Brook Trout to Passage Creek,… More -
Bringing Back the Brooks - A Revival of the South’s Trout
A poetic look at a forgotten native of Appalachia, the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout, which is… More -
Trout Unlimited-A Real Keeper?
A fifteen minute video, produced by Trout Unlimited, on why brook trout are an important variable… More -
Smith Creek Restoration Project
A twelve minute video on the Smith Creek restoration happening in the Shenandoah Valley of… More
