We had an excellent chapter meeting last night, May 18, with two local biologists. Tawni Riepe was our Steve Bailey Memorial Scholarship recipient at CSU and a doctoral candidate at the Dept of Fish, Wildlilfe and Conservation Biology. She spoke about the growing danger of bacterial kidney disease in Colorado Trout, both hatchery and wild fish. Something few of us knew about, and definitely a looming threat. Tyler Swarr, the CPW Aquatic Biologist for the Upper South Platte Basin gave fascinating presentation on the daily/annual responsibilities of a State Fisheries Biologist. He touched on a ton of things from CPW fish sampling techniques to the role of state fish hatcheries…it is amazing the diversity of responsibilities each biologist has, and how busy they truly are across the entire year. Thanks to both speakers for excellent discussions.
Catch the presentations at the CCTU YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/XUBMGTFRn60