Scientists are dropping thousands of fish from airplanes into remote mountain lakes; here's why the unusual conservation strategy has worked for decades
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AI generated image from CanvaEvery year, scientists drop thousands of fish out of airplanes over Utah’s mountains, and no, it’s not a stunt or a glitch in the weather.
It’s a carefully planned conservation and recreation strategy that has quietly kept remote lakes fishable for decades.
From the ground, it can look like a spray of glitter
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AI generated image from CanvaEvery year, scientists drop thousands of fish out of airplanes over Utah’s mountains, and no, it’s not a stunt or a glitch in the weather.
It’s a carefully planned conservation and recreation strategy that has quietly kept remote lakes fishable for decades.
From the ground, it can look like a spray of glitter