Cooper Brochu, Fisheries Specialist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Fisheries Division, stocks yearling rainbow trout in the Ottauquechee River in Woodstock, Vt., on Monday, May 12, 2025. Brochu and other members of the department stocked about 2,800 rainbow trout in the stretch of river between Bridgewater and Quechee. (Valley News - Alex Driehaus) Valley News — Alex Driehaus

A yearling rainbow trout swims in the Ottauquechee River after being released by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department in Woodstock, Vt., on Monday, May 12, 2025. The department has been evaluating a new strain of rainbow trout that is currently stocked in states like Michigan and Maine to see how it compares to the strain typically stocked in Vermont waterways in terms of catchability, survivability and growth. (Valley News - Alex Driehaus)