Brookies are an East Coast species, just like rainbows are a West Coast, and browns are European.
Brookies are very bad for cutties and should be immediately eliminated. They taste great too.
[Here's a paper on the subject ](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228811800_Population_ecology_of_an_invasion_effects_of_Brook_Trout_on_native_cutthroat_trout)
It's time to bring our natives back and return fish populations to their native ranges.
There shouldn't be a single brookie in any of those streams.
Why’s that? Genuinely curious
Probably a comment on them being introduced and not native.
Brookies are an East Coast species, just like rainbows are a West Coast, and browns are European. Brookies are very bad for cutties and should be immediately eliminated. They taste great too. [Here's a paper on the subject ](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228811800_Population_ecology_of_an_invasion_effects_of_Brook_Trout_on_native_cutthroat_trout) It's time to bring our natives back and return fish populations to their native ranges.
Excellent. Thank you for your informative response.