Virginia has euthanized 40,000 trout after recent testing detected whirling disease among catchable-sized fish, officials said. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) said the ...

MARION, Va. – Officials had to euthanize 40,000 trout in Virginia to prevent the spread of whirling disease, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources announced Thursday.

Trout are generally considered cool water species, and many bodies of water in Virginia can not sustain them during warm summer months. However, waterways in permit fishing areas are cool enough ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has resumed its annual October through May trout stocking on select bodies of water around the Commonwealth. Here is a link to ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Trout stocking by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is being delayed on some streams around the commonwealth because of low water. DWR says stockings o… ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Every first Saturday in April is Virginia Trout Heritage Day. This year is it on April 6. Twenty bodies of water around the commonwealth will received special stockings of ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Trout stocking by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is being delayed on some streams around the commonwealth because of low water. DWR says stockings on ...

MARION, Va. (WCYB) — The state of Virginia has had toeuthanize 40,000 trout after routine testing detected whirling disease at the Marion Fish Hatchery. The Department of Wildlife Resources said ...