2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/21/2018 | 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN’S BROOK TROUT FISHERIES | 430 B
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN’S BROOK TROUT FISHERIES
Native brook trout populate streams throughout Wisconsin. Management of these resources has long relied on science and public engagement to inform decision making. In recent years, new partnerships crossing disciplinary boundaries have become vital to further advancing our understanding of brook trout dynamics and angler participation in conservation success. Here I illustrate interdisciplinary approaches to brook trout management with two examples from Wisconsin: (1) Climate and fisheries scientists combined efforts in an academic-agency partnership to downscale global climate models and to project how environmental stressors may affect the future occurrence of brook trout in Wisconsin streams. This work now guides the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Trout Unlimited, and others in building resilience to climate change into stream habitat projects. (2) Wisconsin fisheries managers worked with social scientists to engage the public in setting new trout angling regulations. This effort included the use of surveys and public meetings to inform anglers about trout management, to understand how anglers utilize trout fisheries, and to elicit their desires about the future of brook trout in Wisconsin. We expect continued efforts such as these to be the key to brook trout management success.
- Climate Change
- Communication
- Habitat
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Matthew Mitro
(), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, matthew.mitro@wisconsin.gov;
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