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Conservation Chair: Alex Watson btb.conservation@georgiatu.org
Conservation
• Collect water samples. • Work on habitat improvement projects. • Survey streams. • Conduct brook trout population studies.
Interns. Seven hundred man hours of assistance provided to GA DNR and USFS through funding by GA Trout Unlimited.
Stream Survey. Documented two additional brook trout streams through electro-shocking by interns working with GA DNR and USFS. Flesh samples are being DNA tested for type.
Water Sampling. Computerized database constructed of recent and historic pH, ANC and water temperature readings from GA TU, GA DNR and USFS files. Data to be shared by Trout Unlimited, GA DNR, USFS and local academic institutions.
Stream Projects. Ongoing multiple-structure projects on five brook trout streams.
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