Categorization of New York State Trout Stream Reaches MARCH 2020 Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor | Basil Seggos, Commissioner A. Purpose This document supports the New York State Trout Stream Management Plan (TSMP) (NYSDEC 2020) by providing DEC Fisheries staff and anglers with a current list of the management categories assigned to New York trout stream reaches. B. Revision/Update Schedule Revision 1 (March 24, 2021) Management categories assignments may change as new information (biological, use and access) becomes available. This document will be updated annually in mid- February. This revision contains 9 changes. See section F for details. C. About Management Categories The TSMP established five independent categories of trout stream management. The categories make a sharp distinction between wild trout management (three categories) and stocked trout management (two categories). See the TSMP (NYSDEC 2020) for a discussion of each category and the objectives and strategies associated with those categories. 1 D. Management Category Criteria The criteria for assigning management categories to stream reaches are listed in Table 1 for wild trout management categories and Table 2 for stocked trout management categories (NYSDEC 2020). Table 1. Criteria for Wild Trout Management Categories Wild Wild-Quality Wild-Premier Significant access – at least 3 cumulative miles of reach length in one or more of the following: Access Public access Public access • Public fishing rights • Public land • Public fishing permitted by landowner • Adequate angler parking Size Not applicable Mean width >10 feet Mean width >20 feet Meets C(T)1 or • wild trout biomass >60 lbs/acre or ≥ • wild trout biomass Stream Reach higher water quality 500 yearling or older trout/mile >40 lbs/acre or Quality (Trout standard or data • abundance of wild trout ≥9 in • ≥ 300 yearling or Carrying Capacity) exists to support • potential to catch memorable fish older trout/mile C(T) classification (12′′ ST, 15′′ RT or BT)2 Reach can physically and biologically Angler Use Not applicable Not applicable accommodate moderate to high angler use (>150 hr/acre) Table 2. Category Criteria for Stocked Trout Management Table 2. Criteria for Stocked Trout Management Categories Stocked Stocked-Extended Significant access – at least 3 cumulative miles Access by one or more of the following: of reach length in one or more of the following: • Public fishing rights easements • Public fishing rights Access • Public land • Public land • Public fishing permitted by • Public fishing permitted by landowner landowner • Adequate angler parking Size Mean width >10 feet Mean width >20 feet • Survival to end of May • Reach conditions offer potential for spring- • Does not already support adequate stocked trout to survive into summer Stream Reach fisheries for black bass or walleye, • Temperatures generally suitable for regular Quality (Trout even though technically a trout stocking through mid-June or for two Carrying Capacity) stream consecutive months • Must meet Bp3 standard • Must meet Bs4 standard Angler Use >75 hours/acre >150 hours/acre 1 The C(T) classification applies to waters that support trout and requires evidence of trout presence. 2 ST=brook trout, RT= rainbow trout, and BT=brown trout 3 Marginal put and take trout streams with relatively little potential for wild or holdover contribution (Engstrom-Heg 1990). 4 Trout streams capable of supporting a spring fishery and some holdover trout, but with habitat deficiencies limiting wild trout (Engstrom-Heg 1990). 2 E. Management Categories Assigned to Trout Stream Reaches What is in Table 3 Table 3 contains trout stream reaches that have at least a portion that is publicly accessible and have been assigned one of the following categories: Stocked, Stocked- Extended, Wild-Quality and Wild-Premier. Reaches categorized as Wild with a catch- and-release regulation are also included. Each reach can have a mix of public access, informal access and private land. Anglers should respect private property and any posting of private property. Wild and Un-categorized trout stream reaches Many trout streams are categorized either as Wild (publicly accessible) or un- categorized (trout streams not in Table 3 that are on private land). Wild trout stream reaches are not listed in Table 3 due to the number of Wild streams, many of which are unnamed headwater streams. If a trout stream reach is not listed, it is likely categorized as Wild or uncategorized. The stream reach may also be listed in Section F: Table of Management Category Changes as the management category may have changed based on new information. DEC Regions Table 3 is organized by NYSDEC Region. The counties contained within DEC Regions is as follows: Region 1: Nassau and Suffolk counties Region 2: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island Region 3: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties Region 4: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties Region 5: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties Region 6: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties Region 7: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties Region 8: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties Region 9: Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties 3 Guide to Table 3 Reach: A stream reach is a segment of stream that shares, at a basic level, a common set of physical and biological characteristics that influence its ability to support trout and trout angling opportunity for the public. Miles: The miles of the trout stream reach. Total # of Trout: The total number of trout is the total number of yearlings and 12+ inch trout planned to be stocked. CR : Management categories marked with a CR (for Catch and Release) denote trout stream reaches that have a grandfathered catch-and-release regulation. Table 3. Management Categories Assigned to Trout Stream Reaches Management Total # of Stream County Reach Description Category Miles Trout Region 1 From Argyle Lake upstream to Southards Carlls River Suffolk Stocked 0.8 541 Pond From Southards Pond upstream to Carlls River Suffolk Stocked 1.7 370 Belmont Lake From cement dam upstream to LIPA Stocked- Carmans River Suffolk 1.0 1,536 transmission lines at Gate G Extended From LIPA transmission lines at Gate G Carmans River Suffolk WildCR 1.3 0 upstream to Yaphank Avenue Region 3 Amawalk Inlet From Amawalk Reservoir upstream to Westchester Stocked 3.1 509 (Muscoot Riv.) Putnam/Westchester County Line Amawalk From Muscoot Reservoir upstream to Outlet Westchester Wild-Quality 3.0 0 Amawalk Reservoir (Muscoot Riv.) From confluence with Delaware River Beaver Brook Sullivan upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of NY Stocked 1.2 359 Route 97 From the Delaware/Sullivan County line Delaware/ Stocked- Beaver Kill downstream of Roscoe upstream to the 3.6 5,848 Sullivan Extended Route 206 Bridge From the downstream end of the Beaver Kill Campground upstream to 0.5 mile Stocked- Beaver Kill Sullivan 1.7 1,920 upstream of the Beaver Kill covered Extended bridge at the Beaver Kill Campground From confluence with Sandburg Creek Beer Kill Ulster upstream to confluence with West Branch Stocked 1.8 630 Beer Kill From confluence with Hudson River Black Creek Ulster Stocked 2.6 350 upstream to Valli Road Bridge From confluence with Delaware River Callicoon Sullivan upstream to confluence with North and Stocked 1.8 692 Creek East Branch Callicoon Creek CR Catch and Release regulations apply all year. 4 Management Total # of Stream County Reach Description Category Miles Trout Region 3 From the Pyngyp Road/Route 210 Cedar Pond Rockland intersection upstream to the Cedar Flats Wild-Quality 0.8 0 Brook Road/Route 210 intersection Chestnut From Reynolds Road upstream to Hilltop Sullivan Stocked 1.9 509 Creek Road Cross River From Route 22 upstream to Cross River Reservoir Westchester Stocked 0.9 459 Reservoir Dam Outlet From New Croton Reservoir Dam Croton River Westchester Stocked 1.0 1,095 downstream 1.0 miles From 350 yards upstream of Albany Post Crum Elbow Road Bridge (Route 9) upstream to 0.5 Dutchess Stocked 1.7 433 Creek miles upstream of East Market Street Bridge From Greentree Road S Bridge upstream Crum Elbow Dutchess to 0.5 miles upstream of Schultz Hill Road Stocked 7.5 1,250 Creek Bridge East Br From confluence with North Branch Callicoon Sullivan Callicoon Creek upstream to confluence Stocked 0.4 126 Creek with Joe Brook East Br From 0.5 miles downstream of NY Route Callicoon Sullivan 17B upstream to confluence with Jones Stocked 2.1 783 Creek Brook. East Br Callicoon Sullivan From Welsh Road upstream to Mill Street Stocked 3.8 1,342 Creek East Br From 350 yards downstream of Briscoe Callicoon Sullivan Stocked 1.9 409 Road upstream to Dewitt Flatts Road Creek From confluence with West Branch Croton East Branch Stocked- Putnam River upstream to Diverting Reservoir 2.7 5,536 Croton River Extended Dam East Branch From Diverting Reservoir upstream to Stocked- Putnam 2.3 1,536 Croton River East Branch Reservoir Dam Extended East Branch From Milltown Road upstream to 1.0 miles Putnam Stocked 12.9 3,000 Croton River upstream of Route 311 in Patterson From Ashokan Reservoir upstream to Esopus Creek Ulster confluence with Lost Clove Creek Wild-Quality 18.3 0 From the downstream end of Madam Brett Fishkill Creek Dutchess Park