Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are one of the principal threats to freshwater biodiversity.
Exclusion barriers are increasingly being used as a management strategy to control the …

A major duty of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC), created in 1955, was the
development a program of eradication or management of sea lamprey populations in the …

Spatial prioritization tools provide a means of finding efficient trade‐offs between biodiversity
protection and the delivery of ecosystem services. Although a large number of prioritization …

Currently, application of lampricides and installation of low-head barriers are the only
proven means of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Great Lakes. While sea …

Sea lamprey control has effectively reduced sea lamprey populations by 90% in the
Laurentian Great Lakes. The success of the program is directly tied to the presence of …

Barrier removal can be an efficient method to restore river continuity but resources available
for defragmenting rivers are limited and a prioritization strategy is needed. We review …

Globally, construction of dams has led to challenges for fishery managers and decision
makers. Hundreds of thousands of dams, many of which no longer serve their intended …

Controlling invasive species is critical for conservation but can have unintended
consequences for native species and divert resources away from other efforts. This dilemma …

Wind energy generation affects landscapes as new roads, pads, and transmission lines are
constructed. Limiting the landscape change from these facilities likely minimizes impacts to …

Dams, road crossings, and water withdrawals extensively fragment rivers, and watersheds
often contain hundreds or thousands of barriers, some of which no longer meet societal …