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- From: dmiller@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Daniel Miller)
- Subject: Info Req: History of Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.103536.929@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 10:35:35 EST
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- Hello All,
-
- I am compiling information regarding the historical distribution of
- Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario (Prior to 1900). Atlantic salmon
- were once very abundant in Lake Ontario, but were extirpated about 1890
- through a combination of dam construction, deforestation, over-fishing,
- and water pollution.
-
- Our group here at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry has
- recently initiated a research program for restoration of Atlantic salmon
- to New York tributaries of Lake Ontario. As part of this project,
- historical records and literature are being searched in an attempt to
- describe as accurately as possible the historical distribution of salmon
- in these tribs.
-
- Any information, in the form of diary entries, old photographs, oral
- tradition, local history books, or any other source would be most helpful
- and greatly appreciated. This information will eventually be incorporated
- into a graduate thesis, and all sources will receive acknowledgement.
-
- I can be reached many ways:
-
- Internet: dmiller@rodan.acs.syr.edu
-
- Snail Mail: Daniel Miller
- 242 Illick Hall
- SUNY-ESF
- 1 Forestry Dr.
- Syracuse, NY 13210
-
- Telephone: (315) 470-6805 or 6743
-
- Thank you very much in advance.
-
- Dan.
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