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Middle Creek hosts rare antenna to track migrating birds, bats, insects in real time
One summer night three years ago, a chimney swift flitted over the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, where a scraggly-looking antenna sensed a radio frequency pulse given off by a transmitter no heavier than a grain of rice tucked into the bird’s feathers. The chattering bird had set wing from Colombia, South America, several days before. In a few more days, it was in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, the destination of its migration journey.
Study Points to Farmland as Possible Source of PFAS in Fish
https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/oviedo-biosolid-pfas-sampling.jpg 800 600 Stroud Water Research Center https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/oviedo-biosolid-pfas-sampling.jpg By Ad Crable A mostly Pennsylvania-based study of smallmouth bass, a popular gamefish, found that the family of chemicals known PFAS — officially called per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances — do build up in parts of the fish. Those parts are not normally eaten, though, making them safe for the dinner plate.
Brook trout revival in West Virginia bucks the trend
A 19-year stream project that began in the nooks and crannies of mountain ravines in West Virginia has transformed the headwaters of the Potomac River into one of the most robust wild brook trout fisheries south of Maine and the Adirondacks. The restoration work, spearheaded by the nonprofit Trout Unlimited, is all the more inspirational as it comes at a time of considerable effort to save brook trout, the only trout native to the East Coast.
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