Session B7- A field scale study of fish passage in a watershed
Location
UMass Amherst
Start Date
29-6-2011 10:20 AM
End Date
29-6-2011 10:40 AM
Description
A watershed scale study of fish passage in a roaded corridor has been completed in a drainage just north of Yellowstone National Park that holds tributaries to the Yellowstone river. The experiment relied heavily on the use of PIT tag technology, and resulted in statistical descriptions of fish progress through the natural stream reaches and the culverts and bridges that span the stream. The results of the project are summarized here along with a method for using this type of information to make large scale decisions concerning the order in which fish passage issues should be dealt with.
Session B7- A field scale study of fish passage in a watershed
UMass Amherst
A watershed scale study of fish passage in a roaded corridor has been completed in a drainage just north of Yellowstone National Park that holds tributaries to the Yellowstone river. The experiment relied heavily on the use of PIT tag technology, and resulted in statistical descriptions of fish progress through the natural stream reaches and the culverts and bridges that span the stream. The results of the project are summarized here along with a method for using this type of information to make large scale decisions concerning the order in which fish passage issues should be dealt with.
Comments
Joel Cahoon is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Montana State University where he also serves as the Associate Director of University Honors. He obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering at the University of Arkansas in1989. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in hydraulics. His research focus is the study of riparian hydraulics, recently with emphasis on the interaction of hydraulics with fish mobility near or through man-made structures.