A 14-inch native brook trout in the study area. (Photo courtesy Bill Heindl)
MUSTOE — W.S. Heindl, a local landowner and veteran angler, has released a 49-page comprehensive study detailing a major decline in the wild trout population in a 4.3-mile “study area” of the Jackson River.
Heindl presented his study at a meeting of the Jackson River Preservation Association and the Virginia Department of Transportation in January. It identifies VDOT’s …
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