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County tags walleyes to track movements at Big Eau Pleine; installs shoreline plantings under Healthy Lakes grants
Summary
Conservation staff said they tagged 30 walleyes and deployed 14 acoustic receivers to study fish movement in Big Eau Pleine Reservoir and reported completion of eight Healthy Lakes shoreland projects on Big Bass Lake (two rain gardens and six native plantings).
Marathon County conservation staff reported two distinct aquatic updates to the Environmental Resources Committee Oct. 14: an acoustic tagging study tracking walleye movements in Big Eau Pleine Reservoir and small shoreline projects funded under the Wisconsin DNR Healthy Lakes and Rivers grant program.
For the fish study, staff said they surgically implanted acoustic tags in 30 walleyes captured in three reservoir zones this spring and…
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