13. CULVERT REPLACEMENT IMPROVES ACCESS FOR SPAWNING

Montana fisheries biologists say a BPA-funded culvert replacement project
at Hungry Horse Reservoir has been a hit with spawning trout.

Before-and-after surveys show an obvious increase in spawners using
previously inaccessible streams that flow into the reservoir, said Ladd
Knotek, a fisheries biologist with the state Department of Fish, Wildlife
and Parks.

Before, several of the streams presented nearly insurmountable obstacles
for fish aiming to swim upstream. One, called Felix …

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