NGPC Tests Detachable Fish Ladders on Cub Creek and Other Niobrara River Tributary Drop Culverts
Lydia Allen
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
“Our prairie fish are terrible jumpers,” according to Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) Wildlife Biologist Cassidy Wessel. Fish inhabiting Niobrara tributaries are used to flat prairie streams, unlike mountain fish species that are better at navigating jumps.