Atlantic salmon barrier removed from west branch of Pleasant River
The project to remove a 90-foot culvert and replace it with a bridge to open spawning grounds for wild Atlantic salmon and brook trout is complete.
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The project to remove a 90-foot culvert and replace it with a bridge to open spawning grounds for wild Atlantic salmon and brook trout is complete.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, in collaboration with longtime conservation partner the Appalachian Mountain Club, celebrated the removal of one of the final remaining fish passage barriers on the West Branch of the Pleasant River, allowing species like the federally endangered Atlantic salmon and brook trout to swim freely upstream to spawn once again. Maine is home to the only remaining populations of wild Atlantic salmon in the United States.
CASPER — As one of western Wyoming’s primary arteries, U.S. Highway 189 stays busy carrying Jackson-bound tourists, cattle ranchers and oil workers between fields in Sublette and Lincoln counties.
CASPER — As one of western Wyoming’s primary arteries, U.S. Highway 189 stays busy carrying Jackson-bound tourists, cattle ranchers and oil workers between fields in Sublette and Lincoln counties.
CASPER — As one of western Wyoming’s primary arteries, U.S. Highway 189 stays busy carrying Jackson-bound tourists, cattle ranchers and oil workers between fields in Sublette and Lincoln counties.