The term river fish passage has been a buzzword among fish biologists for years and is often used to describe the benefits of allowing fish to move up or down a river to find suitable habitat and breeding grounds without being held back by dams.
“It’s amazing to see what fish can do when habitats are reconnected,” said Max Wolter, DNR fisheries biologist for Sawyer County in Hayward, Wisconsin.
A Wisconsin DNR team tracks Couderay River sturgeon and smaller individuals after dam removal in 2011 allowed the fish to migrate
