Enhance and increase Eastern brook trout populations in the Upper North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Project will reconnect 21 miles of high-quality headwaters habitat by removing two barriers to fish movement and unite two fragmented habitat patches into a larger, more resilient unit.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Improving Aquatic Organism Passage for Brook Trout in the Upper North Fork Shenandoah River (VA)
Organization:
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0603.22.075956
Description:
Award Amount:
$252450.00
Location:
This project is located on 2 tributaries Little Dry River and Spruce Lick Run) to the North Fork Shenandoah River in Rockingham County, VA. The road stream crossings are part of the US Forest Service Road network and public federal lands.