“Brown bag” seminar on fish monitoring and mercury assessment in Glacier National Park

This could be an interesting report. From a news release posted today by the Park Service  . . .

The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center will be hosting a presentation on native fish and fish monitoring by Chris Downs, Glacier National Park Fisheries Biologist on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. in the Community Building in Park Headquarters, West Glacier. The results of a recently completed fish tissue mercury assessment conducted on multiple park lakes and what they mean for human and wildlife fish consumers will be featured.

Downs manages and monitors the aquatic resources in Glacier National Park. His work includes supporting development and implementation of the park’s new Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) prevention program…

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