John Piccolo recommends the short film “Lahontan Cutthroat Trout: A prehistoric legend returns“. The film briefly discusses the restoration of cutthroat trout to Pyramid Lake and the Truckee River in Nevada, USA. This strain of cutthroat trout was assumed extinct until remnants of the population were found in streams in neighboring Pilot Peaks. This started great efforts to re-introduce the socially and culturally important fish population to the lake. Watch the film here:

On Friday, 21 September, Stan Gregory from Oregon State University will give a seminar titled “Population dynamics of coastal cutthroat trout and Pacific giant salamanders in old-growth forest and second-growth forest reaches of a Cascade Mountain stream in Oregon, USA”. The seminar will be given at 15:00 in room 5F416 at Karlstad University.

Spawning cutthroat trout (photo: Yellowstone National Park).

Stan Gregory is in Karlstad as the opponent at Åsa Enfalks PhD defense. Åsa Enefalk will defend her thesis ”Fine stream wood – Effects on drift and brown trout (Salmo trutta) growth and behavior”  at 10:15 on the same day (Friday 21 September) in Nyquistsalen (room 9C 203) at Karlstad Univeristy.

Everyone is welcome to attend both events!

In the book “For the Love of Rivers – A Scientist’s Journey” Kurt D. Fausch writes about his research, river ecology, people and conservation. The book describes beautiful rivers, interesting relationships (between organism and between people) and dedicated science. Focus is on life in and around streams. From char interactions and connections between the stream and the terrestrial environment in Japan; to brassy minnows and water use or cutthroat trout, habitat changes and invasive species in the Western United States. In the end, the book calls for the conservation and restoration of our streams and rivers. John Piccolo, researcher at Karlstad University, has reviewed the book in Fish and Fisheries:

Fausch takes us on an incredible journey of scientific discovery, told through the lens of personal tragedy and triumph. Fausch is a leading stream ecologist,whose painstaking attention to scientific rigour has led to important findings at scales from individual behaviour to riverscapes and land-water interactions. ‘For the Love of Rivers’ recounts some of the many steps along a career of scientific discovery, weaving this tale into the much greater issues of personal loss and the conservation of streams and the life they support…

…For the Love of Rivers gives both inspiration and perspective, and for that alone, it is worth reading…”

Read the full review here and borrow the book from a a well-stocked library.

På tisdag, den 7:e Oktober kl. 13.15 i rum 5F416 kommer John Piccolo hålla ett seminarium om Strupsnittsöring (Oncorhynchus clarki). Alla är välkomna!