DEC has announced the release of the draft Adirondack Brook Trout Pond Management Plan. Sun Community News reports the draft plan, now available for public comment, represents years of contribution from the angler and scientific community and is the first management plan revision for Adirondack pond-dwelling brook trout in nearly 50 years. It reflects the many changes to the trout fishery that have taken place over the past five decades and guide DEC’s Adirondack brook trout pond management for the next 15 years