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- description: Healthy watersheds are the foundation of sustainable communities and economies. However, increased water temperature
and acidity caused by logging, deforestation, and fires in the late 1800s caused the retreat of brook trout from the mainstem
to cool, spring fed headwater tributaries. Consequently, a popular put-and-take trout fishery, mostly rainbow, was developed
and is currently maintained by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) in the upper Blackwater River mainstem.
The WVDNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) have begun an interagency collaboration
that describes the current state of the upper Blackwater River watershed. This Phase I status report: Summarizes current watershed
management goals; Evaluates overall watershed condition; Identifies opportunities to address threats to watershed health;
and Develops recommendations for future collaboration among the partners and public. A comprehensive fisheries management
plan will be created in Phase II that will implement the following recommendations from the Phase I status report: Complete
fish population surveys and estimates in the upper Blackwater River mainstem and its tributaries; Assess hydrologic, instream
and riparian habitat conditions and identify potential sites for stream restoration efforts; Conduct angler and other recreational
use surveys; and Identify public and private areas that may be used for public stream access.; abstract: Healthy watersheds
are the foundation of sustainable communities and economies. However, increased water temperature and acidity caused by logging,
deforestation, and fires in the late 1800s caused the retreat of brook trout from the mainstem to cool, spring fed headwater
tributaries. Consequently, a popular put-and-take trout fishery, mostly rainbow, was developed and is currently maintained
by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) in the upper Blackwater River mainstem. The WVDNR, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), and Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) have begun an interagency collaboration that describes the current
state of the upper Blackwater River watershed. This Phase I status report: Summarizes current watershed management goals;
Evaluates overall watershed condition; Identifies opportunities to address threats to watershed health; and Develops recommendations
for future collaboration among the partners and public. A comprehensive fisheries management plan will be created in Phase
II that will implement the following recommendations from the Phase I status report: Complete fish population surveys and
estimates in the upper Blackwater River mainstem and its tributaries; Assess hydrologic, instream and riparian habitat conditions
and identify potential sites for stream restoration efforts; Conduct angler and other recreational use surveys; and Identify
public and private areas that may be used for public stream access.
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- Title lnteragency Status Report on the Fishery Resources of the Upper Blackwater River in West Virginia.
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2018-05-19T07:05:52.750103
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