The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation is reporting that water chemistry values for 13 ponds in the Adirondacks have recently been evaluated and indicate that the brook trout that inhabit those waters may have the potential to reproduce naturally, which could eliminate the need for stocking.
DEC says stocking will be suspended in 2020 and 2021 and the ponds will be surveyed in 2022 to determine if additional stocking is needed. The 14,000 brook trout fingerlings that would have been stocked in these waters are now expected to be stocked into other Adirondack ponds to help offset an anticipated shortage of Temiscamie hybrid brook trout this fall.
Photo of Brook Trout provided by DEC.
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