8/18/2012: Juvenile American Shad study – Chris Nack at Coxsackie Island

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Riverkeeper was able to use fines levied against a polluter (HA!) to fund a two year study to learn the habitat and river conditions best suited to successful shad reproduction. Shad populations are severely diminished, and if we hope to see them rebound we need to know the spawning habitat and conditions which suit them best so we can try to protect those areas of the River for them. Not much gets done without good science to back it up so this is a great project – it’s so hard to help these beautiful little creatures but with this study I think we can.