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Ashley LaRoque

NCSU SFS member

Gabriela Hogue (foreground purple hat) introducing fish species to SFS members.

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission biologist Thomas Johnson pulls a fish from the Catawba River while electrofishing with biologist David Goodfred Wednesday March 13, 2024.

WRC biologists are working in District 8 to reclaim a Pisgah National Forest stream from non-native Brown Trout. Once the 1.4-km reach is fully depopulated after several multi-pass electrofishing removal efforts, native Brook Trout will be reintroduced to the stream to hopefully restore a stronghold in a drainage largely devoid of genetically pure populations.”