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EBTJV Habitat News May 2025
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The EBTJV is excited to welcome the Tennessee Aquarium as our newest MOU member, bringing us to 39
MOU partners. We share an interview with Stephanie Chance about the Conservation Institute’s response to a
2024 drought event, their recovery efforts for Laurel Dace and Brook Trout, and more.
Here for the research links? In addition to news clips, we’ve compiled a (definitely not exhaustive) list of
publications through mid-2024 related to Brook Trout population dynamics and distribution, genetics and
hatchery influence, ecological interactions, and pollution and environmental impacts.
Speaking of research, please join us in congratulating Vermont’s Jud Kratzer for his recent award on behalf of Vermont FWD for research on wood additions to northern VT streams. Every time we speak to Jud we learn a little more about this technique and its benefits to not just Brook Trout, but also fluvial function and ecosystem health. VFWD’s recent work, in partnership with TU, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Weyerhaeuser Corporation, demonstrated how wood addition traps sediment and reduces sediment and nutrient loads
downstream.
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News & Events
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EBTJV Newsletters
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USDA National Agforestry Center's Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Guide
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Offers information about the diversity of benefits landowners can enjoy via multifunctional riparian buffers (including edible and marketable crops).
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Trout Unlimited's Land Conservancy Fund
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants to conserve land in partnership with private landowners and land trusts.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Trout Unlimited's Embrace A Stream
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Local Trout Unlimited chapters apply for grants for habitat restoration projects in partnership with private landowners.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
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Provides technical and financial assistance to landowners to restore wildlife habitat (including riparian, stream, and wetlands restoration)
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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Fish Passage Program
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Provides cost-share and design expertise to landowners to remove unwanted dams and replace culverts.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
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USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) provide annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish resource conserving vegetation on eligible farmland and pastures.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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USDA Conservation Innovation Grants
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Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) offer matching-funds to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative approaches and technologies for conservation on agricultural lands.
Eligibility: CIG applications are accepted from state or local governments, federally recognized American Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations and individuals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands areas.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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NRCS Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
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USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) provides annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish resource conserving vegetation on eligible farmland and pastures.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources
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NRCS EQIP Program
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USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Farm Service Agency (FSA)Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) pays for agricultural practices on a cost-share basis for items like fencing, water facilities, etc. that have a positive impact on environmental conditions.
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The Story of Wild Brook Trout
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Landowner Resources