THORNTON, Colo. — Scientists with Metro Water Recovery are temporarily stunning fish with electricity to count and measure them, a method they use to check whether habitat projects are benefiting the South Platte River, according to a utility scientist.
Metro staff surveyed the fish six months after finishing their most recent habitat project, Phase V, and observed the highest number of individual fish ever at that monitoring location, according to information from Metro. Of those fish, 93% were native to this portion of the river.
Jordan Parman, a Metro water quality scientist, said the method is called electrofishing. “For fisheries biologists, it’s a very common way to conduct a fish survey,” Parman said…