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Matthew Dickerson: River surveys suggests damage to fisheries done by floods

November 9, 2023

By Matthew Dickerson

“It was comparable to Tropical Storm Irene. We lost a lot (though not all) of the young-of-year age class.” Austin Galinat, a fisheries scientist with Vermont Fish and Wildlife, was giving me an overview of some of the results of the late summer and early autumn river surveys.

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Matthew Dickerson, fishing, flooding, sports column