FINDING A PULSE FOR PALLIDS
Why a brief surge from Fort Peck Dam mimicking natural spring runoff could help restore life to Montana’s rarest fish species. BY ANDREW McKEAN
An artist’s rendition of pallid sturgeon spawning below Fort Peck Dam following a pulse of water that replicates historical spring flows. Illustration by Liz Bradley
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