Photo Gallery: Video system installed at Brewster herring runCape Cod TimesJuly 26, 2017 A video monitoring system was installed at the Stony Brook Herring Run Tuesday afternoon to count juvenile herring. Experimental software technology is being used to count the juvenile herring. Christopher George, an Association to Preserve Cape Cod intern, is doing the projectRead more
RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS
Sandwich’s Longtime Natural Resources Chief DepartsBy TAO WOOLFE Jul 21, 2017 The Sandwich Enterprise Mark S. Galkowski, conservationist, hunter, sailor, storyteller, teacher, and longtime town employee, will never escape his most famous act: reintroducing wild turkeys to Cape Cod. “Now they’re the rats of Cape Cod,” said Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham, who couldRead more
Maine’s river herring making dramatic comeback, a godsend for the food chainWith the path to inland spawning grounds clear, the species rebounds with unexpected speed, benefiting everything from bald eagles to Atlantic cod. Portland Press HeraldJuly 16, 2017 BY COLIN WOODARDSTAFF WRITER BATH — Motorists crossing the bridge over the Kennebec this spring and earlyRead more
Mysteries of Mill Brook Are Subject for Intense StudyAlex ElvinThursday, June 22, 2017 The Vineyard Gazette On a bright afternoon last week, Bill Wilcox stood on a dirt road in Chilmark and peered through the foliage at a shallow impoundment near the headwaters of the Mill Brook. A few frogs could be heard croaking inRead more
Save the Date! The River Herring Network 2017 annual meeting will take place on Thursday, November 2 at the Sandwich Town Hall in their beautifully restored auditorium. A survey with ideas for topics and speakers will be sent out in early August. ]]>Read more
The ‘Rewilding’ of a Century-Old Cranberry BogJuly 4, 2017New York TimesBy Jess Bidgood PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The alewife, a type of river herring, wriggled against the current, a 10-inch streak that disappeared from view as it rounded a bend in the stream. It was a normal springtime pilgrimage for the fish, which lives in theRead more
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