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New York to suspend some trout stocking
New York State won’t stock brook trout in 13 unnamed ponds throughout the Adirondack Park in 2020 and 2021 so biologists can study the resilience of wild fish swimming in those waters.
After tracking improvements in water quality—specifically acid/base chemistries and contaminants—the department determined the populations of brook trout that already inhabit these select waterways have the potential to reproduce naturally and will be surveyed in 2022 to see if they do so.
While this is promising news for the iconic species, it doesn’t guarantee their success.
Acidity in many lakes and streams is improving but not fully resolved, Paul Smith’s College natural science professor Curt Stager said. That could contribute to rebounding brook trout, he said, though
