As the propeht Nahum said, "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings..." Today, Yahoo News would be "him.":
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - The cold, clear water of LeConte Creek cascades over moss-covered boulders, lingers momentarily in small pools skirted by dense rhododendron, then rushes on through the hemlock, poplar, birch and maple forest. It's here and in a handful of other streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that the brook trout — the only trout native to the eastern United States and more specifically to the southern Appalachians — is making a comeback.
Imperiled from Georgia to Maine by decades of pollution, poor land management and competition from nonnative brown and rainbow cousins, "brookies" are regaining a foothold in the country's most visited national park on the Tennessee-North Carolina line.
For the first time in 30 years, catching and keeping brook trout is legal in the Smokies under an experimental program begun in April.
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Rejoice. Again I say, Rejoice.
Tags: Fishing; Conservation
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