A new $8 million project at the Bonneville Lock & Dam aims to make it easier for Pacific lamprey to migrate along the Columbia River. The project, currently under construction on the Washington side ...
Work began back in April in Lake Erie in Ontario and is expected to continue into October. That's good news, because when left to multiply, sea lampreys can cause big problems and threaten the Great ...
First the bad news: sea lampreys exceeded abundance targets in 2024 in all five Great Lakes. Now the silver linings: the findings weren't a surprise, the reason is well understood and the coming years ...
The Great Lakes sea lamprey control program is tasked with targeting the invasive eel-like fish that threatens fish across the region. Credit: A. Miehls/Great Lakes Fishery Commission Sweeping layoffs ...
BATTLE GROUND — May and June’s long stretch of dry weather has one upside: The lack of rain put the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s major habitat restoration project on the East Fork Lewis River ...
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Invasive sea lampreys pose a threat to Lake Erie's fish populations, particularly lake trout and steelhead. Warmer waters in Lake Erie accelerate the lampreys' maturation, increasing their impact on ...
With their eel-like bodies, vampire teeth and suction cup mouths, the main characters of a new documentary resemble something out of the “Dune” science fiction films. The sea lamprey nearly destroyed ...
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public feedback on a seasonal sea lamprey barrier in the Upper Peninsula. The first phase of the project, which ...