Matt Herbert
@matteherbert.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist @nature.org in Michigan; Great Lakes, conservation, fish, freshwater, biodiversity, nature, ecology, sustainability; Views expressed here are my own, and not of my employer or any other organization I'm associated with
Exactly. It's awesome that the Ford is such a natural flowing river. But you lose the advantage of being able to look for fish stacked up below a dam.
I'd have to look through files to tell you exactly where, but I know it was just the lower portions of the Ford and Cedar that we sampled.
I'd have to look through files to tell you exactly where, but I know it was just the lower portions of the Ford and Cedar that we sampled.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Exactly. It's awesome that the Ford is such a natural flowing river. But you lose the advantage of being able to look for fish stacked up below a dam.
I'd have to look through files to tell you exactly where, but I know it was just the lower portions of the Ford and Cedar that we sampled.
I'd have to look through files to tell you exactly where, but I know it was just the lower portions of the Ford and Cedar that we sampled.
Based on the one survey in the Ford and what we know about the distribution of river-spawning runs, I would DEFINITELY NOT conclude that there aren't Lake Whitefish running up the Ford. Like you, I think there is a good chance that there are.
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Based on the one survey in the Ford and what we know about the distribution of river-spawning runs, I would DEFINITELY NOT conclude that there aren't Lake Whitefish running up the Ford. Like you, I think there is a good chance that there are.
(2 of 2) But as we anticipated, we have not collected river-running Lake Whitefish anywhere outside of Green Bay. These surveys are what led us to begin restoration efforts outside of Green Bay. We do want to continue to do more surveys in Green Bay rivers. But it's been difficult to fit that in.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
(2 of 2) But as we anticipated, we have not collected river-running Lake Whitefish anywhere outside of Green Bay. These surveys are what led us to begin restoration efforts outside of Green Bay. We do want to continue to do more surveys in Green Bay rivers. But it's been difficult to fit that in.
(1 of 2) Our project team (Tribes, MDNR, TNC) has done surveys for Lake Whitefish in 17 Lake Michigan and northern Lake Huron tributaries. A DNR led team did do a survey in the Ford. No Lake Whitefish were collected, but our team has collected them in the Cedar and in the Escanaba below the dam.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
(1 of 2) Our project team (Tribes, MDNR, TNC) has done surveys for Lake Whitefish in 17 Lake Michigan and northern Lake Huron tributaries. A DNR led team did do a survey in the Ford. No Lake Whitefish were collected, but our team has collected them in the Cedar and in the Escanaba below the dam.
It's really a question for @michiganegle.bsky.social, but I do know that there are coastal communities that are deeply engaged in Pathway's to Resilience. And I'm sure they will talk about some of those case studies during this webinar.
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's really a question for @michiganegle.bsky.social, but I do know that there are coastal communities that are deeply engaged in Pathway's to Resilience. And I'm sure they will talk about some of those case studies during this webinar.