An Atlantic salmon at the Winooski One fish ladder

Photo By/Credit

Josh Morse/Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

Date Shot/Created
12/04/2023
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The trap-and-truck program at the Winooski One Dam is the best location to monitor whether salmon from an experimental broodstock are surviving. It gives biologist the opportunity to get their "hands on a fish" to take a tissue sample from a fin for analysis.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Dams
Fish migration
Partnerships