Environmental DNA Training & Assessment

Help us identify unknown wild and native trout populations in our backyard!

insert_invitation Sat, Nov 22 at 10:00 AM (EST)

location_on Old Mill Road Park & Field, Wilton, Connecticut

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Join Trout Unlimited to learn about Environmental DNA technology and participate and an exciting community science project to identify unknown trout populations right in our backyard!

This project, funded by Trout Unlimited's Embrace a Stream program, will help us collect critical data on streams and rivers that have not been formally assessed in decades, or ever assessed at all. This information will help us prioritize future habitat restoration projects like barrier removal, and advocate for enhanced regulatory protections on cold water streams.

We'll get started at the Park and Fields at Old Mill Road at 10 am on November 22nd with an overview of the project's goals, familiarize everyone with the equipment we'll be using, then splitting off into small teams to survey different parts of the Norwalk River Watershed and other area streams.

Trout Unlimited's "Big Apple Brook Trout" project is an initiative to use eDNA and other science tools to assess the health and population of native brook trout within 50 miles of New York City across Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and out through Long Island. It is supported by TU's Embrace A Stream grant program, The Camp Fire Club of America Conservation Fund and the The National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation at the USDA and U.S. Forest Service.