Management of Trout Waters in the National Forests of the Southern Appalachians

Abstract

Abstract The management of trout fishing in the National Forests of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia is a cooperative effort with Forest Service, the States, and Fish and Wildlife Service participating. The States execute the management programs, provide protection to the resource, operate creel checking stations where these are a part of the program, and sell the special permits. The Forest Service provides the general land management and maintains physical structures on the areas, such as rearing pools, checking stations, and residences for caretakers. Trout for stocking streams are provided by the States and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Special permits, which are required before fishing, are sold by the States. Half of the revenue received from the sale of special permits is contributed to the Forest Service to be applied toward payment of its share of the costs of the cooperative management program. During 1950, an estimated 88,058 man-days of trout fishing were enjoyed in the manage...