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Photo By/Credit

ADF&G/Alaska State Department of Fish & Game

Date Shot/Created
08/29/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
This culvert's water flow is a perhaps more appropriate for a water amusement park than for fish. Velocity barriers at undersized culverts stand in the way of fish reaching key habitats. Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Department of Fish & Game.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Forest
Lake
Mountain
River/stream
Rural
Subject tags
Culverts
Fish migration
Fish passage
Fishes
Fishing
Floods
Freshwater fish
Human impacts
Rivers and streams
Road-stream crossings
Roads