Location
UMass Amherst
Event Website
http://fishpassage.ecs.umass.edu/Conference2012/
Start Date
6-6-2012 1:50 PM
End Date
6-6-2012 2:10 PM
Description
Members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 5 fish passage engineering team will present a history of river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus & Alosa aestivalis) passage systems in the northeast. An evolution of design ideas will be explored and the recent practice in the northeast for river herring passage will be described. Case studies of unique designs will be presented including examples of successes and failures. We will conclude with the current goals and objectives of the USFWS for the passage of river herring.
Session A5 - History of Design for the Passage of River Herring in the Northeast
UMass Amherst
Members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 5 fish passage engineering team will present a history of river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus & Alosa aestivalis) passage systems in the northeast. An evolution of design ideas will be explored and the recent practice in the northeast for river herring passage will be described. Case studies of unique designs will be presented including examples of successes and failures. We will conclude with the current goals and objectives of the USFWS for the passage of river herring.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2012/June6/21
Comments
Katey Plymesser received her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. After working as a consulting engineer in land development for six years, she decided to return to graduate school full-time. She is currently a PhD Candidate in the Civil Engineering Department (Water Resources) at Montana State University and is working in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) with the US Fish and Wildlife Service at the Region 5 headquarters in Hadley, MA. Her research work includes three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics modeling and fish passage energetics. She recently received a Hydro Research Foundation fellowship which was designed to help outstanding early-career researchers facilitate research related to hydropower.