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Uptown Summer 18 – Counting Fish in the Poestenkill with DEC

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Jarrell, Donovan, Nicole, Kai and Dakota stand by the shore of the Poesten Kill.

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Kai holds a fish caught in the Poesten Kill

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Kai holds a fish caught in the Poesten Kill

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Kai measures an eel

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Nicolena took note of the fish species found in the sample along with the American eels.

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Kai puts on wadders to step in the Poesten Kill

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Kai and Ellie wad in the Poesten Kill

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Chris treks along the shore of the Poesten Kill

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Jarrell yells to Kai from the bridge above the Poesten Kill

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Ellie in the Poesten Kill

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Uptown Summer youth walk along the Poesten Kill

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Ellie calls to the youth the come to the shore

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A Great Blue Heron preys on fish in the Poesten Kill

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American eels caught in the Poesten Kill swim in a bucket of water with clove oil dripped in. The clove oil temporarily sedates the eels to make it easier to measure them.

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Chris Bowser from the Department of Environmental Conservation shows Kai, Ellie, and Jim an American eel found in the Poesten Kill. The DEC are collecting data on the current population of American eels to compare to future populations because they predict the Poesten Kill will become a central ecosystem for the eels.

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Kai and Ellie examine an American eel found in the Poesten Kill

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