Blue Blazes: Brook Trout

Blue Blazes Run is clean enough to support brook trout.

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Brook trout are the only native species of trout in the State of Maryland. These sensitive salmonoids can be found in cold, swift-flowing streams. In the waters that they patrol, they are the top predators of the aqautic food web.