Please join Sarah Coney, a Masters student at SUNY Oneonta for her presentation on the reintroduction of the American Eel to the NY portion of the Upper Susquehanna Watershed.
Dams across the Susquehanna River from Maryland to New York currently prevent American Eels from returning to this watershed where they were once a significant part of the Susquehanna Watershed's ecosystem. With the reintroduction of eels we get the chance to study eels in the Susquehanna for the first time in over 50 years. Eels are part of the Eastern Elliptio and Yellow-lamp mussels life cycle and it is hoped their reintroduction will reverse declining populations of these mussels. Further, reintroducing the eels will hopefully lead to a reduction in invasive rusty crayfish.