Massachusetts NFC Chimes in on Proposed Red Brook Headwater Development
“Red Brook is one of the last remaining streams in Massachusetts with wild native sea-run brook trout or salters. These unique fish live and spawn in freshwater, but move into Buttermilk Bay to feed and seek thermal refuge. Once found from Canada to Long Island, salter populations in the U.S. have been greatly reduced due to dams, development, agriculture, pollution, nonnative fish introductions, state-sponsored stocking, and angler exploitation. ”
Massachusetts NFC Chair Bob Dalton recently wrote to Wareham Week to note NFC’s concerns in regard to proposed development near the headwaters of Red Brook.
“While much of the land adjacent to Red Brook is protected, large-scale commercial development in its headwaters could threaten the stream and Buttermilk Bay.”
