Reed College Canyon  Underwater Wildlife Camera  fish image
Following many years committed to vegetation control and stream
rehabilitation, there have been sightings of larger migratory
fish species in and below the fish ladder system in the Reed
Canyon. Unable to document populations or passage due to their
irregular presence, the need for an underwater motion sensitive
data recorder became a necessity to accurately monitor wildlife
migration from the lower creek system to the upper rearing
portion of Reed Lake.  With a generous gift from Michael Herz, a
long-time protector of endangered Atlantic salmon in the rivers
of Maine, the proposed wildlife camera was installed February
2010. This camera monitoring system will complement the ongoing
restoration efforts, and allow the college to accurately define
the migration periods for individual species, their population
numbers, and the duration of their stay in the canyon.  View
highlight footage from February and March, 2010, view previous
sightings above grou