Trout in trouble: Habitat loss threatens WNC’s native species
- Volume 27
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Only one species of trout — the brook — is native to Western North Carolina streams. As the trout’s habitat shrinks and temperatures rise, the outlook for the beautiful species’ long-term survival is increasingly uncertain.
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Ongoing habitat loss and warming temperatures present an existential threat to Western North Carolina's only native trout species, the brook trout.
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