NGPC Tests Detachable Fish Ladders on Cub Creek and Other Niobrara River Tributary Drop Culverts

Joe Spooner, a stream technician with Nebraska Game and Parks, checks the test trap on the top of a ladder attached to a culvert located under the Cowboy Trail through Ainsworth in late June. The trap is attached for testing purposes and is a helpful educational tool but won’t be attached if a ladder is left for an extended period of time.

“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…

NGPC Tests Detachable Fish Ladders on Cub Creek and Other Niobrara River Tributary Drop Culverts

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