Today, I went over to my Gap Mills, West Virginia land with John Loope of the Roanoke Trout Unlimited chapter. Our mission was to check on the survival of the 10 sycamores and 10 silky dogwoods that I planted this past March, check on the stability of in-stream structures constructed last summer with Roanoake TU members Morgan Wilson and Barry Witt, create three more in-stream structures to deepen the creek, and, finally, seine some minnows and other creatures to check on the productivity of the creek.
Every thing went extremely well. The vast majority of the planted trees are growing well, last year's stream structures look to be aging well, and John and I positioned three more in the creek. Aquatic life looked good in the creek, and we even found a rock bass in the stream.
John believes that brook trout may be ready to be stocked in the stream next spring. That would be a wonderful thing if possible.
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