Big Reed and Wadleigh Reclamation Updates

December 30, 2013 at 8:25 am

[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignright" width="240"]In the spring of 2010, fisheries biologists used trap nets to help determine the severity of the situation at Wadleigh Pond. These smelts were caught in the nets. In the spring of 2010, fisheries biologists used trap nets to help determine the severity of the situation at Wadleigh Pond.

Why Do You Separate Eggs In The Hatchery?

December 13, 2013 at 7:12 pm

[caption id="attachment_63" align="alignright" width="150"]Wonka's Egg-Dicator Wonka's Egg-Dicator[/caption] Willie Wonka, you may remember, possessed an Egg-dicator at his chocolate factory.

Hibernating Herpetofauna

December 13, 2013 at 9:53 am

[caption id="attachment_235" align="alignleft" width="240"]A bull frog perches on a rock enjoying the sun. A bull frog perches on a rock enjoying the sun.[/caption] Herpetofauna is a term referring to reptiles and amphibians as one group. Often it is shortened to just ‘herps’.

How Do IFW Hatcheries Help Salmon Spawn?

December 3, 2013 at 7:53 pm

It’s probably not the image you have in your head when you think of salmon spawning, for it is not the majestic leap from pool to pool as a salmon migrates upriver to spawn.  [caption id="attachment_44" align="alignright" width="240"]GLS egg take 11-5-13-229