Eastern Brook Trout Status
New information has become available recently about the range of brookie habitat (see color key below the map), through the efforts of the Eastern Brook Trout Coalition, working with the Southern Appalachian GIS center.
We've started to create an extraordinary series of maps that provide an unprecedented amount of information about where Brook Trout can be found. Click on one of the brown buttons to the left to download a more detailed map of the areas. Watch this space as we'll be continuously adding maps. Note: some of these maps are quite large (e.g. 16 MB). So be patient while they download.
Source: Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
ArcIMS by NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node
Color coding is as follows:
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Green areas are places where brook trout populations are intact (best)
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Yellow, where brook trout are somewhat diminished (good)
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Red, where brook trout are greatly diminished (not so good)
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Blue, brook trout exist, but no quantitative data (your guess)
Keep in mind that brook trout can be diminished by other trout species, so some red areas may be excellent wild brown or rainbow water. But it's almost certain that the yellow and green areas are great places to find wild trout.
Note: these data are coded by drainage. Not every stream within a drainage will hold trout, though the majority will, especially within the green areas.
The online web viewer that was used to create these maps is now public. Go to:
and click on the "Maps" tab. These maps were all generated using the "advanced" web mapper.
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