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D8_summer2024

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.”

D7_summer2024

Scott Loftis, Mountain Region Aquatic Habitat Coordinator, holding two Largemouth Bass from Lake Hickory

D6_summer2024

NCWRC District 6 Fisheries Biologists, Casey Joubert and Troy Thompson, completed Spring survey work on Lake Norman, Blewett Falls Lake, Badin Lake, and Tuckertown Lake. Big ol’ Bass were the main target species as well as some late season Stripers!

D5_summer2024

David Hart and Seth Mycko work through a livewell full of bass for a resident fish survey at Graham-Mebane Lake.

D4_summer2024

District 4 spent most of the spring on the Cape Fear River surveying anadromous fish. Here, Clemson University’s Maggie Gaither measures an American Shad at Lock & Dam 3. Photo Credit: Kyle Rachels.

D3_summer2024

District 3 biologist David Belkoski with a large Freshwater Drum collected in Lake Gaston in May.

D2_summer2024

District 2 Fisheries Biologist I Mason Collins holding a nice Largemouth Bass while evaluating sport fish opportunities at Martin Marietta Park in New Bern, NC

D1_summer2024

District 1 biologists Deon Kerr (l) and Chris Smith (r) drop off control fish during a Striped Bass catch and release mortality study on the Roanoke River

awdWest_summer2024

Biologists with the Western Region of the Aquatic Wildlife Diversity Program holding a seine net full of spawning Redhorse, Moxostoma sp., in Peachtree Creek (Hiwassee Basin). Surveys utilizing backpack electrofishing and seines were conducted in April and May to identify tributaries used by Suckers during spawning.

awdFoothills_summer2024

Jennifer Dunn, Foothills AWD conservation technician, holds a male seagreen darter (Etheostoma thalassinum, NC-Special Concern) collected during spring surveys in the Jacob Fork headwaters, Burke County, NC. Jacob Fork, and nearby Henry Fork, are home to several additional SGCN aquatic species including thicklip chub (NC-T), Santee chub (NC-T) and South Mountains crayfish (NC-T)