Something Fishy from the Western Fisheries Research Center - Spring 2025
This is the Spring 2025 edition of USGS Western Fisheries Research Center newsletter, "Something Fishy!" Here we discuss our robust science efforts with our wonderful partners, highlight our nation-wide collaboration initiatives, assess invasive mussels in the Columbia River Basin, monitor salmon as they enter a new era in the Klamath River, and reveal photo contest winners!
Message from the Director: Continuing Our Commitment to Science and the Partnerships that Drive our Work
We continue to deliver impartial, high-impact science with our partners in Federal, State, Tribal, & local government, and in academia and private industry.
Recent Accomplishments: Tracking Salmon in the Changing Klamath River
Klamath salmon populations enter a whole new world post dam removal.
Assessing the Risk of Invasive Mussels Spreading throughout the Columbia River Basin
Western Fisheries v Mussels: Working to understand factors influencing the movement of invasive mussels in the Columbia River Basin.
Partner Experience: Keeping an Eye on Flukes in Upper Klamath Lake
Biologist Sarah Flores of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission shares how her collaborative science with the Western Fisheries Research Center could help us understand what’s impacting juvenile sucker survival in the Klamath Basin.
Congratulations to Joe Skalicky for Winning this Issue’s Photo Contest!
Marty Liedtke and Lisa Weiland seek to understand how larval lamprey populations survive under various substrate conditions.