Shade is infrastructure
Riparian canopy keeps headwater streams cold, so forestry decisions upstream decide what can live downstream.
Cold Water
Cold water is a habitat with a temperature ceiling
Brook trout, headwater streams, and what warms them.
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Cold Water
The only native trout here, and it needs cold
Brook trout are the state's native salmonid and they are limited by summer water temperature, which makes them a thermometer for a whole watershed.
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All sections- The only native trout here, and it needs coldBrook trout are the state's native salmonid and they are limited by summer water temperature, which makes them a thermometer for a whole watershed.
- Shade is infrastructureRiparian canopy keeps headwater streams cold, so forestry decisions upstream decide what can live downstream.