OSU study: Rivers recover fast after dam removal

A study of the removal of two dams in Oregon suggests that rivers can return surprisingly fast to a condition close to their natural state, both physically and biologically, and that the biological recovery might outpace the physical recovery.

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Tracking Bonefish: Ready for Year Two

From the Fisheries Conservation Foundation:

The first year of the acoustic tracking study on bonefish populations around Grand Bahama was completed in June. So far the findings have been impressive, with more than 26,000 detections being recorded at the listening stations scattered around the island.

This October we will be returning to Grand Bahama to begin the second year of this tracking study.

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Yellowstone Cutthroat Transmitters

Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologists are implanting radio transmitters in Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Greybull River to understand more about migration patterns and how natural and man-made barriers affect the species

When your prey's in a crack, and you can't get it back, fetch a moray

Fish and eels team up to catch prey.

Project Permit SatelitteTagging

On April 7th, 2014 the first ever satellite tag was successfully placed on a Florida Keys permit. Costa's Project Permit is joint effort between Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Costa Sunglasses to address data shortcomings specific to the permit species. 

Big Gulp: How Often Do Trout and Grayling Eat Mammals?

More often than you think.

Senior science writer for the Nature Conservancy Matt Miller shares the results of recent study documenting the incidence of rainbow trout and grayling chowing on small mammals.

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