Proceedings of the Wild Trout XII Symposium Holiday Inn, West Yellowstone, Montana September 26-29, 2017 WILD TROUT XII STEERING COMMITTEE Symposium Chair: Bob Gresswell Awards Committee Co-Chairs: Andy Dolloff and Bob Carline Secretary: Maureen Kavanagh Sponsorship and Fundraising Chair: Amy Wolfe Treasurer: Mike Brinkley Facility Committee: Pat Bigelow Program Committee Co-Chairs: Patrick Kennedy and Publicity Committee: Liz Mamer and Paul Harper Matthew Mitro Publicity Database Coordinator: Paul Harper Proceedings Editor: Bob Carline Program Committee: Mike Anderson, Lorie Stroup, Program and Proceedings Designer: Carol LoSapio Matt Sell, Bryce Oldemeyer, Maureen Kavanagh, Audio/Visual: Jessica Buelow Bob Carline, Bob Gresswell, Carol LoSapio, Paul Photographer: Eric Stark Harper, Amy Wolfe, Jason Burckhardt, Jenny Earle, Registration and Reservations: Toni Lee and Jake Rash, Andy Dolloff, Casey Weathers, Mike Amber Robertson, Montana State University Anderson, and Liz Mamer Website Manager: Liz Mamer Compiler’s note: To deliver symposium proceedings to readers as quickly as possible, manuscripts do not undergo full editing. 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Proceedings of the Wild Trout XII Symposium West Yellowstone, MT September 26-29, 2017 Symposium Chair: Bob Gresswell Proceedings Editor: Bob Carline Program and Proceedings Designer: Carol LoSapio Wild Trout XII Sponsors Premier Sponsors: ................................. ►Trout Unlimited Event Sponsors: ..................................... ►Flycasters, Inc. of San Jose ►Idaho Fish & Game Supporting Sponsors............................. ►Henry’s Fork Foundation ►McKenzie Flyfishers Logo design by ►Western Native Trout Initiative Zach Matthews ►Wyoming Game & Fish In Kind Sponsors: .................................. ►Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc ►Beyond Words by Carol LoSapio ►Big Sky Anglers ►Performance Fly Rods ►Trout Ball by Greg Keeler ►Simms ►Smith-Root ►U.S. Forest Service* *A special thanks to the U.S. Forest Service for supporting the Wild Trout Symposium’s technical transfer of information related to wild trout research and management and with the costs for symposium proceedings and other printed materials. Wild Trout XII – Science, Politics, and Wild Trout Management: Who’s Driving and Where Are We Going? A Reminder . WTXIII will be held in 2020. A Reminder . WTXII will be held in 2017. StayStay in in contact contact through:through: www.wildtroutsymposium.orgwww.wildtroutsymposium.com and through our Facebook site! Thank you to the wonderful photographers who let us use their photos in this publication: Matt Mitro, Mark Smith, Lorie Stroup, and Leslie Reinhart. And to Eric Stark for helping us capture “the moment” as an image. Thank you to Eric Stark, our wonderful photographer, who let us use his photos for this publication. Wild Trout Symposium XII—Science, Politics, and Wild Trout Management: Who’s Driving and Where Are We Going? Table of Contents Wild Trout XII Symposium Program ..................................................................................................... 1 Program Schedule .................................................................................................................................. 3 Event Sponsors ...................................................................................................................................................4 Awards ................................................................................................................................................................7 Plenary Session .....................................................................................................................................11 Driftless Waters: A Tale of Destruction, Renewal and Hope for the Future .......................................................13 David M. Vetrano The Demographic and Economic Trends of Trout Anglers: Implications for Recruitment, Retention, and Restoration and Habitat Management Support ..................................................................15 Edward Maillett, Senior Economist, Richard Aiken, Economist, Matthew Fuller, Economist Imperative Actions for Wild-Trout Conservation Organizations to Combat Climate Change and Increased Water Demand: Unify Anglers, Support Management Agencies, and Drive Water Markets ......................23 Rob Van Kirk, Brandon Hoffner, Amy Verbeten, Scott Yates Session 1: Anglers, Stakeholders and the Socioeconomics of Wild Trout .................................... 31 2017 Study Measures Economic Impact of Trout Angling in the Driftless Area: How will it Inform Wild Trout and Other Resource Management Decisions in the Region? ...................................................33 John (Duke) Welter, Outreach Coordinator Costs, Benefits, and Challenges of Establishing and Maintaining Real-time Instrumentation that can be used to Inform Management and Educate Stakeholders ......................................................................39 Melissa Muradian, Rob Van Kirk Angler Perception of Fishing Experience in a Highly Technical Catch-and-Release Fishery: How Closely does Perception Align with Biological Reality? ......................................................................47 Jamie Laatsch, Rob Van Kirk, Christina Morrisett, Kaitlyn Manishin, Jim DeRito Stakeholders Participation in Conservation of Brown Trout Stocks in Serbia ...................................................55 Predrag Simonović, Ana Tošić, Dubravka Škraba Jurlina, Jelena Čanak Atlagić, Vera Nikolić Session 2: Threats and Management of Stream Habitat: A Look Into the Future .......................... 63 The Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Management Conundrum: What Should Restoration Look Like in the 21st Century? .............................................................................................................................65 By Matt A. Kulp, Shawna Mitchell, Dave Kazyak, Bernard Kuhajda, Jason Henegar, Casey Weathers, Anna George, Josh Ennen, Tim King Efficacy of Brook Trout Introductions into Virginia Streams Impacted by a Catastrophic Climatological Event ..................................................................................................................................77 Steve Owens, John Odenkirk, and Mike Isel Science to Action: Decision-support to Advance Stream Trout Management in a Changing Climate .......................................................................................................................................85 Andrew K. Carlson, William W. Taylor, Zeenatul Basher, T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Dana M. Infante Fracked Fish? Effects of Unconventional Natural Gas Extraction on Wild Brook Trout ....................................93 C.J. Grant, E.S. Hall, and B.E. Martin Use of UAVs for the Inventory and Analysis of Stream Habitat ......................................................................101 Michael P. Strager, Angela Hentz, Jacquelyn M. Strager, Paul Kinder, Joseph A. Kimmet Session 3: Conservation Genetics and the Genomics of Coldwater Fishes: A Tribute to Dr. Tim King ........................................................................................................... 107 In Memoriam: Dr. Timothy L. King (1958-2016) ..............................................................................................108 S.P. Faulkner and D.C. Kazyak Genetic Structuring of Brook Trout in Exurban Riverscapes: Is it all About the Dam Barriers? ......................109 Lucas R. Nathan, Amy B. Welsh, and Jason C. Vokoun Contents—i Wild Trout Symposium XII—Science, Politics, and Wild Trout Management: Who’s Driving and Where Are We Going? Understanding the Genetic Characteristics of Wild Brook Trout Populations in North Carolina Thanks to the Guidance of Dr. Tim King ................................................................................................... 111 D.C. Kazyak, B.A. Lubinski, J.M. Rash, and T.L. King Metapopulation Dynamics, Landscape Genetics, and the Effect of Isolation Upon Neutral Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Southern Appalachian Brook Trout ................................................ 118 T. Casey Weathers, John Carlson, Dave Kazyak, Matt Kulp, David Walter, Ephraim Hanks, Jesse Lasky, Steve Moore, and Jake Rash Session 4: Population Dynamics and the Ecology of Wild Trout ...................................................119 Lessons from Long-term Studies of Trout Population Dynamics ...................................................................121 Gary Grossman Where did all the Trout go? Combining Multiple Measures of Fish Movement to Gain Insights into Brook Trout Population Connectivity ........................................................................................................123 Shannon L. White, Stephanie A. Dowell, Meredith L. Bartron, and Tyler Wagner Long-term Effectiveness of Flow Management and Fish Passage on the Henrys Fork Rainbow Trout Population .......................................................................................................................................125 Bryce Oldemeyer, Jon Flinders, Christina Morrisett, Rob Van Kirk Movement of Coldwater Fishes in an Un-fragmented Watershed in Central Montana ...................................133