Acidic Deposition and the Status of Virginia’s Wild Trout Resource:
 Revisited


Wild Trout VII, Yellowstone.National.Park, October.2000

J.R..Webb, F.A..Deviney, Jr., B.J..Cosby, A.J..Bulger, J.N..Galloway

Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

 

Acknowledgments

Financial and other support has been provided by multiple agencies and organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Izaak Walton League of America, the Federation of Fly Fishers, and Trout Unlimited. Numerous volunteers have also provided critical assistance.

 

 

Citations

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Herlihy AT, Kaufmann PR, Church MR, Wigington PJ, Webb JR & Sale MJ (1993) The effects of acidic deposition on streams in the Appalachian mountain and Piedmont region of the mid-Atlantic United States. Water Resour. Res. 29:2687-2703.

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USEPA (1995) Acid Deposition Standard Feasibility Study Report to Congress. EPA 430-R-95-001a, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Acid Rain Division, Washington, DC.

Webb JR, Cosby BJ, Galloway JN & Hornberger GM (1989) Acidification of native brook trout streams in Virginia. Water Resour. Res. 25:1367-1377.