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Fisheries update offered next month

An N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission official releases trout into a river. NCWRC photo An N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission official releases trout into a river. NCWRC photo

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fisheries department is offering an informative and educational workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Old Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee. The workshop is open to any interested folks at no charge. 

Among the many topics the workshop will cover, using slide presentations and handouts, are: 

• Hurricane Helene

• Aquatic organism passageways

• Collecting water samples

• Brook Trout restoration

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Coffee, drinks and light breakfast items will be provided. People can also bring their fishing gear for after the meeting.

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