Gallery

line of people using bag seine in the Vermilion River
Pulling a bag seine through a riffle in the North Fork Vermilion River.
3 people in Kishwaukee River electrofishing
Barge electroshocking fishes in the Kishwaukee River.
Man holds electrofishing rod.
Brandinski learning the subtle differences between backpack electroshocking fishes and busting ghosts.
Man piloting boat.
Brandinski navigating the SS Lithasia on the Illinois River.
Two people in safety vests hold a large fish.
Boat electroshocking for fishes in the Rock River.
Trawling for benthic life on the Ohio River.
3 people wading in Salt Fork of Vermilion River.
Sampling freshwater mussels in the Salt Fork Vermilion River.
Man snorkeling.
Snorkeling the Allegheny River (PA) for brood collection in the Northern Riffleshell and Clubshell reintroduction project. 
2 men stand in the Kishwaukee River.
The Bosch and me monitoring translocated mussels in the Kishwaukee River to assess the effects of short-distance translocation as a conservation tool during construction projects.
2 people standing at edge of river.
Samm and me organizing data during the mussel reintroduction project in the Salt Fork Vermilion River.
People dip netting in river drainage.
Dip netting for aquatic snails in the Fox River drainage.
Man stands in wetlands.
Assisting our herpetologist with turtle surveys in wetlands in the Kishwaukee River drainage.
bluebreast fish.
array of mussels.
shell.