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Batten Kill restoration appears to be working
ARLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Efforts to restore the trout populations in the Batten Kill appear to be working, an official said. A state biologist conducted a fish count of a section of the river Thursday and early results were encouraging, said Cynthia Browing, the executive director of the Batten Kill Watershed Alliance.
For the last two years biologist and private groups have been working to restore trout habitat on the world-famous trout stream, which in recent years saw a decline of about 70 percent. Vermont Fisheries biologist Kenneth Cox said that testing in one area last year found a 600-percent increase of young fish. (AP)
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GBTU has donated substantial dollars to this ongoing effort.