Finding the Invisible
A New Way to Look for Invasive Species Using eDNA On a dock that leads from the pine-bordered shoreline of Flathead Lake, I lean over, and look into the clear
Category: Conservation Genetics
The Crown Reporting Experience
University of Montana journalism student Ken Rand first met Chris Joyce at the Crown Reporting Fund’s 2014 storytelling dinner. “I knew his voice, I hear him on the radio every
Crown Story
Ken’s story, “Finding the Invisible,” follows the struggle to stop the spread of invasive species around Flathead Lake, Montana. Through the use of a up-and-coming tool called environmental DNA, scientists
Story Lab
Ken Rand learned all about the latest in genetic conservation in fish and wildlife populations in his lab led by Professor Gordon Luikart. How did you deal with the complex information coming
Dispatch: Paddling Across Beaver Lake
On an early morning I am winding my way up a back road, 10 miles northwest of Whitefish toward Beaver Lake, to the only known site of Eurasian Water Milfoil
Contracting Ranges for Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Translocation will be necessary in the future for both bull and Westslope cutthroat trout. With increasing temperatures, ranges are shrinking and as populations become geographically and genetically isolated they go
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Controlling Aquatic Invasive Species
Invasive species have largely not taken over the Crown, although they are looming at the edges and make their way into lakes and streams periodically. The discovery of walleye perch,
Underwater invaders: Many invasive species pose threats to lake
ON A DOCK that leads from the pine-bordered shoreline of Flathead Lake, I lean over and look into the clear green water as hundreds of native Northern pike minnow swim carefree
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Finding The Invisible: A new way to look for invasive species using eDNA
In 2012, the National Park Service found a few quagga mussels growing in Lake Powell, a vast reservoir on the Colorado River in Arizona and Utah. They had been there
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Conservation Genetics on the Front Line
My journey into science journalism first started on a dock on Flathead Lake, where I spent many summers looking out at the immense lake, one of the largest in the West.