Creating habitat to help fish reproduce is costlier, but more effective than restoring it
Apr 23, 2023 05:31AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Biologist Alex Gatch displays a tagged lake trout from Lake Ontario, New York, that was collected by the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. Image: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
By Vladislava Sukhanovskaya - Great Lakes Echo - April 21, 2023
By Vladislava Sukhanovskaya - Great Lakes Echo - April 21, 2023
Bundle tree trunks, dump them into the water, add rocks and here you go – a habitat for fish to hide from predators and have fun.
It sounds simple, but habitat restoration can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, years of time and the collaborative effort of engineers, scientists and designers. It may be better to just start from scratch.
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