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November 27, 2024
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Mystic River Herring Run is the Largest in the ...

The numbers are in! Read on to learn more about this year’s herring migration >>>

Photo: Joyce Maxwell at Horn Pond

Mystic River Herring Run is the Largest in the State for 2024
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October 19, 2018

Video vs. in-person counts 2018

Myrwa River
October 19, 2018
Video vs. in-person counts 2018

Why are the video and in-person population estimates different?

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July 25, 2018

Online Herring Count Over: Check Out the Stats

Myrwa River
July 25, 2018
Online Herring Count Over: Check Out the Stats

Thanks to everyone who helped count! Read on for fun fish facts…

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July 3, 2018

A Day in the Field: Collecting Zooplanton along the Mystic

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July 3, 2018
A Day in the Field: Collecting Zooplanton along the Mystic

A day in the life of the Mystic River Watershed Association interns: collecting zooplankton in the Mystic

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June 18, 2018

American Eel: A Hidden Migration in the Mystic

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June 18, 2018
American Eel: A Hidden Migration in the Mystic

The Mystic supports a wonderful, yet hidden American Eel migration.

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June 15, 2018

From Chutes to Ladders: The Story of Citizens Helping Herring

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June 15, 2018

Before fish ladders, community members would carry fish over the Mystic Lakes Dam in buckets! Read their story here.

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June 11, 2018

Why Keep Counting?

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June 11, 2018
Why Keep Counting?

From helping us improve our statistical model to watching a clip of a unexpected critter- there are many reasons to keep counting fish!

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May 26, 2018

Herring Are Back in Horn Pond

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May 26, 2018
Herring Are Back in Horn Pond

The Woburn Daily Times Chronicle featured our work with river herring in an article last week. Take a peak to learn why river herring are back in Horn Pond this year-for the first time in over a century!

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This project is led by the Mystic River Watershed Association to provide needed data to both estimate the herring run size and to also learn more about this keystone species to aid in recovery and restoration efforts.

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