* Brook Trout Populations and Watershed Dynamics

Brook Trout Populations and Watershed Dynamics
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., NRWA River Resource Center, 592 Main Street in Groton

Stream ecologists now view streams and rivers as continuous aquatic networks. Jason Stolarski, Ph.D., Aquatic Biologist at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, will discuss how flowing water links natural processes to Brook Trout populations over large-scale landscapes.  He will describe how critical habitats are orientated throughout a landscape, how Brook Trout populations structure themselves in response, and how specific impacts such as, dams, riparian degradation, beavers, and climate change affect natural processes operating within watersheds and how they may potentially affect Brook Trout populations. Co-sponsored by the Squan-A-Tissit Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU).   FREE