About the Author

DOUGLAS M. THOMPSON is director of the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment at Connecticut College.

Reviews

"[Thompson's] advice is to leave streams alone, to avoid stream-bank stabilization work, to avoid artificial devices that alter flows, to ensure stream-banks are vegetated as a buffer against pollution and thermal pollution."-- "Hartford Courant"

"The Quest for the Golden Trout is about looking at our nation's rivers with a more critical eye--and asking more questions about both historic and current practices in fisheries management."-- "Northeastern Naturalist"

[A] strong indictment of historical and modern policies leading to stream degradation and loss of native fauna solely for quenching anglers' insatiable thirst for nonnative trout. . . . Valuable for environmental science students, government employees developing/implementing aquatic polices, and environmentally concerned freshwater anglers. . . . Recommended.-- "Choice"

People who love to fish for native trout, and who work to support sustainable native salmonid fisheries in naturally behaving streams that have true biodiversity will see Thompson's work as a needed call-to-arms.-- "The Salter, the quarterly newsletter of the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition"