Ahoy, who put those buoys in across from Marcus?  

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Published: Thursday, 20 October 2022 18:41

Under the direction of the Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT), the White Sturgeon Recovery Team is conducting a telemetry experiment on the western side of Lake Roosevelt across from Marcus. Buoys with receivers were placed here to detect the movements of juvenile white sturgeon fitted with acoustic tags. Researchers are asking people not to boat or otherwise disturb the area for the seven weeks the buoys will be in place.

Said Jason McLellan, a CCT fish biologist, “The purpose of the study is to estimate age-0 juvenile movement rates and behavior to help with determining and correcting causes of low survival of wild juveniles.”