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Tyler Winter @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On the first National Mississippi River day I want to share this bigmouth buffalo I caught yesterday. Buffalo can live over 120 years. I know this fish isn't that old... because this reach of the Mississippi was too polluted to support native fish. Today, the river is a thriving native ecosystem.

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Liz Renner, Ph.D. @lizrenner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I was laid off this morning from USFWS as part of the sweeping DOGE cuts to probationary employees across the Dept. of Interior. To say I'm devastated doesn't even scratch the surface-I'm losing my dream job working with pallid sturgeon on the Missouri River. Solidarity with all my fed workers. 💔🐟

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Tyler Winter @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

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An angler holding a beautiful bigmouth buffalo.

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No Such Thing as a Seagull @nosuchseagull.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

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A western gull, coloured white with dark wings, yellow beak and pink legs, standing on rocks with an ocean coast in the background.
Photo by: Diliff (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Text: There is no such thing as a seagull —the correct term is simply “gull". Not all gulls live by the sea, and those that do live by the sea do not have “seagull” in their name.

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Tyler Winter @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

My first paper was published today! rdcu.be/d2Sml I review the history and consequences of MN's "rough fish" laws, why they changed, and why it is important. The article appears in the EBFI Special Issue on native fish. link.springer.com/collections/... Thanks to @margaretdocker.bsky.social #Nf4t

A peer reviewed article titled Minnesota's Native Fish Bill: a case study in shifting the "rough fish paradigm."

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Karen J Murchie, Ph.D. @karenjmurchie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hey everyone - thanks for joining me here. I'd love to take the opportunity to share my most recent publication. Check out the power of volunteers to collect critical information on our most abundant group of migratory fishes in the Great Lakes! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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For the love of suckers: scientific benefits of engaging volunteers to monitor migrations and advocate for native non-game fishes - Environmental Biology of Fishes

Suckers (Catostomidae) are the most abundant migratory fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, but they are understudied and underappreciated given their important roles in ecosystems. To overcom...

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Tyler Winter @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“You know,” Winter said between casts, “I have this crazy, long-term vision that, by inspiring some curiosity and showing the value of these fish, it will raise people’s appreciation for all these neglected waterways." Did I really say that? www.biographic.com/the-rough-fi... Apparently, yes.

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The Rough Fish Revolution - bioGraphic

Fisheries scientists are only now coming to understand the important roles native “rough fish” play in freshwater ecosystems across North America—even as these long-maligned species are increasingly a...

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Tyler Winter @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Allow me to introduce myself. My hobby is native fish (formerly rough fish) conservation. I helped pass the first comprehensive native fish conservation bill in the country!

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