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"The Nature Conservancy has just finished assessing approximately 1300 stream culverts in the Lamoille River Basin. Their report shows that 33% of the culverts are impassible to fish like the brook trout. And those same culverts are also the most likely to fail during a flood event. Paul Marangelo a Conservation Biologist from the Nature Conservancy talks with ECHO's Bridget Butler about working to retrofit culverts for both wildlife and transportation.Links for more information:Why Did the Fish Cross the Road?Aquatic Organism Passage at Road/Stream CrossingsThe Vermont Stream Crossing Handbook"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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