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Otter Creek receiver burried in the snow
Grant and Kelly from the OS and LHFC helping us clear the snow to install a new tracking station
Mounted solar panel fish tracking station on the Saugeen River
A view from the back seat tracking steelhead on the Saugeen River
Newly restored open river habitat upstream of the Truax Dam footprint
New N10 camera to monitor the Thornbury fishway after the previous one was compromised by a large salmon
Attaching the new N10 camera
Lowering the camera into the exit of the Thornbury fishway
Electronic quick fix at N10
The beginnings....alpha BRAIN is born
BRAVO M2 systems in production
BRAVO G3 systems in production
New telemetry antenna to track radio tagged fish that enter the Denny's Dam fishway
Antenna installed to track fish as they approach Denny's Dam
Another 50 fish radio tagged spring 2021- a total of 300 tagged to date
Holding a newly tagged steelhead
Radio transmitter abdominal implant in a steelhead
Another fun tracking flight over the Saugeen River
New temperature loggers installed in Otter Creek
Pre-flight technical talk with our pilot from Owen Sound Flight Services
Our pilot
Redd counts in the main-stem of the Saugeen River- only possible by drone
Downloading temperature logger data from downstream of the Truax Dam footrprint
Reconfiguring and recalibrating a fish tracking station
Thinking on the fly- cleaning the lens of a non-self cleaning camera in a fishway
Changing the data card in a BRAVO M2 fish monitoring system
Cleaning the Mannheim weir fishways to facilitate spring migration
Installing wildlife safety rafts
Reinstalling N1 in the Grand River
The Saugeen River system including part of our study area from 25000 feet in the air
Driving from Calgary on our way to a project out of Cranbrook BC- Banff Alberta
Driving through the Rockies on our way to Cranbrook BC
Sand Bay Lake Koocanusa BC for a Northern Pikeminnow project
Beatuiful Rocky mountains reflected in Sand Bay Lake Koocanusa BC
Kikomun Provinvial Park- Lake Koocanusa water levels will rise 10m in the next 2 weeks making this underwater
Gold Bay Lake Koocanusa BC study area
Initializing and programming acoustic tracking receivers to be deployed in Lake Koocanusa
On Lake Koocanusa deploying receiver stations
Installing mooring systems and acoustic receivers on Lake Koocanusa to track Northern Pikeminnow
Fishing in the rain in BC
Sometimes you cast, sometimes you throw the rod
Building a prototype mooring station for Lake Koocanusa at full pool
Combined acoustic and radiotelemetry tag (CART) implantation in an electrosedated Northern Pikeminnow
A beautiful female Northern Pikeminnow tagged in Gold Bay, Lake Koocanusa, BC
A beautiful male Northern Pikeminnow tagged in Gold Bay, Lake Koocanusa, BC
Releasing a tagged fish back into the lake
The storm roles in over Lake Koocanusa
Mobile surgical set-up to tag in Englishman Bay, Lake Koocanusa, BC
Staff gets tested for COVID before boarding a flight to the arctic!
Arctic tundra from the air in mid-July
Study site near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Construction of a fish fence begins
Aerial view of the Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, study site
Materials getting dropped off at site
Fish fence #1 constructed
Quite the daily commute to site via helicopter!
Checking the BRAVO fish monitoring system installed at the fence to count Arctic Char passage
Electric fences installed around the equipment to keep the bears out!
Habitat assessments in the Saugeen River
Electrofishing upstream of the Truax Dam footprint. This area was previously impounded and now has great habitat!
Setting up a net to perform a capture efficiency study in the Saugeen River
Happy birthday Rick! Electrofishing the Saugeen River
Measuring fish captured within the Saugeen River
Surveying the Giant Hogweed on the way into site
Installing a block net in Otter Creek
Pilot Andy from Owen Sound Flight Services joins the team for a day
Some beautiful Brown Trout
Our environmental team gets ready to take some measurements, South Saugeen River
Catastomidae, cyprinidae and percidae oh my! Great species diversity in the South Saugeen River
Team members moving a net between sampling locations in Meux Creek
Electrofishing one of our long-term monitoring sites in Meux Creek
Sorting individual fish by species. Meux Creek
All set and ready to go. Biomass sampling in the Styx River.
When your eyes are bigger than your stomach... or whole body!
Electrofishing the Beatty Saugeen River
A beautiful Brown Trout captured in the Beatty Saugeen River
Saugeen biomass electrofishing field crew summer 2021
Staff hunts for a stationary radio-transmitter upstream of Denny’s Dam
Found one! Radio-transmitter recovered near the Truax Dam footprint
End of project day of fishing fun on Lake Huron
A great day on the water capped off with catching a Chinook Salmon
Male and female Chinook Salmon moving upstream to spawn in Otter Creek
Crew conducting fall redd counts in Otter Creek
A beautiful Pike captured boat electrofishing for a fish rescue in Port Hope harbour
Rescued Largemouth Bass
Walleye- just captured and already ready to attack!
A Walleye captured in Port Hope Harbour- notice the oddly shaped head
Processing of fish captured in the harbour, great diversity!
Fish processing crew, including rescue team!
A Walleye resuced from Port Hope harbour being released back into Lake Ontario
Releasing fish back into Lake Ontario. Over 5000 rescued!
Rainbow Trout getting weighed prior to radio tag implantation
Suturing the incision used to implant a radio tag closed
A radio tagged Rainbow Trout ready to be released to continue its migration in the Saugeen River
Biotactic crew ready for take off for a late November tracking flight over the Saugeen River
View of the setting sun over the Lake Huron shoreline while tracking fish
Aerial view of the former Truax Dam November 2021. Dam removed August 2019.