Features : Ensuring aquatic life thrives in Lake Gaston (Roanoke Rapids, NC)
LAKE GASTON — Fish and other aquatic life need vegetation in the lake in order to survive, but when Lake Gaston was formed in 1963 no one thought about that when they restocked the fish. That’s what Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) Ecologist Gary Dick said, as he, Dr. Michael Smart and other members of their crew checked on their experimental aquatic plant cages stationed at various creeks around Lake Gaston. Dick was certified as a wetland scientist in 1995. Smart said he’s been involved in aquatic ecology for....
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