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CFL in Scotland: School Visit Focuses on Fish Migration

by Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley “What kind of fish might migrate up rivers in your region?” I asked Junior School students at Erskine Stewart’s Melville (ESMS) in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. “Salmon”, said one. “Trout”, offered another. “Yes, those are both migratory fishes,” I responded. “But, what about eels?” “No way! Eels?” I was inspired to visit ESMS …

Road Block: Study Maps Stream Barriers in Great Lakes Basin

Over the last several years, state agencies and environmental non-profit organizations have targeted dam removal as a way to quickly improve the health of aquatic ecosystems. Dams keep migratory fish from swimming upriver to spawn, block nutrients from flowing downstream, and change the entire hydrology of a watershed. From an ecosystem perspective, taking down a …