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Dr. Larry Wilson
274 Ellington Plant Sciences
Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-7126

 

Pigeon River Recovery Project Progress


Over 39,000 individual fish have been released into the Pigeon River since the project began.

PR Re-introduction Totals: as of January 2016

Year Organism Genera/Sp. Individuals
1996-2016 Snail 8 220-230k
2000-2016 Mussel 12 15,825
2001-2016 Darter 8 11,609
2002-2016 Madtom 1 3,205
2002-2016 Minnow 13 25,529
2003-2016 Lamprey 2 1,697
2012-2016 Redhorse 3 56

*Numbers are current as of 02/01/2016

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