Anna Quintrell, an assistant in the TN Aquarium's Brook Trout restoration efforts, joins Chip

Anna Quintrell, an assistant in the TN Aquarium's Brook Trout restoration efforts, joins Chip

Our friends from the tennessee aquarium and their partners reach a new milestone in helpin restore some brook trout to a couple of more populated stream around the area.

Joining us now to talk about that is eloquent.

Tell him and his reintroduction to brooke forward to the workshop program and a first of all, good morning and thank you for joining us.

Good morning.

Thank you for having me.

Tell u why.

What factors rather have contributed to the gradual decrease in the number of the trial to proceed ... several things that also began it with a lot of clearcutting i the 18 nineties and then more indiana 1970 to 1980 indiana 1970 to 1988 and so because of back clearcutting eon trout loss lot back cover and there is these and they need back home.

Water, so the waters which was on a very bad for them, and also because of the haircutting they are began lot of segmentation s the dirt and silt near the streams began to wash into the water and trout need very clear water to see each other and she is fine and ashley to lay their eggs that i definitely a problem for them.

Also, the reintroduction of non-native like the rainbow trout and brown trout there serve archer more aggressive pcs and definitely on the parties which are smaller and men so all of those things kind of decrease the brook trout range.

They now are about 13 percent of their native rang so you call rookie some of the like.

Obviously this is a project is very dear to your heart is not have anything to do with why the brook trout federal more failed to the higher elevation before contusions.

Ye, time higher elevations lot better there temperatures that i really optimal habitat in gatineau when you're talking fishing in the stream's brooke trawler for the highly prized, everybody wants to guess the ... yes they are very special.

I'm just a lot of fisherman what you think that is ... maybe because of their rarity.

Also think the burke trout are the most beautiful species of trout are not biased at all.

I think that the strain it.

Particularly beautiful toast.

Some of the challenges the junior partners or facing in trying to restore trout population and bring the backup on.

It's all about the habitat getting habitat right in gettin those in the teeth out so our partners do really good job like we work with that and the wildlife resources agent dna due to amazing job telling us where those trout need to go.

We provide they know i'm what optimal habitat is that and they're getting those bases species out making it right.

We were the u.s. forest service are doing a lot of habitat maintenance instruments a reall good base to them so it's a big collaborative effort between al these sure that the habitat is exactly what he owed.

Imagine a project like this is going to take time with you going in you effort or success only add-ons we just close the chapter on what i would address the story.

We didn't talking brook trout and little stony creek for a couple of years and the populations that we did introduce they are now answers else is gaining enough on their own to where the numbers are good that we can kind of close that chapter and this year we just moved on to a noose dream and moved on to show our kind of edging it all over again at eac stream that we wish you the best of luck in the quintal so much of it.

Of course the reintroduction assisted at the tennessee aquarium wonderful jo you are doing is describing me as your any time you're always welcome.

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