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BIO-WEST publishes expanded research on Colorado River Basin fish species




BIO-WEST biologists had the distinguished opportunity to publish a book chapter on the plight of nonnative fishes to the Colorado River basin.  The chapter titled, “The Exotic Dilemma: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Recover Native Colorado River Basin Fishes” is part of the book "Standing between Life and Extinction: Ethics and ecology of conserving aquatic species in North American deserts."  The...

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Cracking Down: Why Tree Removal is Essential to Logan River Restoration

If you’ve walked along the Logan River Golf Course Trail or visited the Rendezvous Dog Park recently, you’ve seen piles of downed trees and probably wondered how tree removal can be beneficial to river restoration. Roots hold soil and prevent erosion, right? That’s not always the case. The crack willows that grow inside the Logan River’s channel are not only a nonnative and invasive species...

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