Efforts to wipe out Little Moose Lake’s smallmouth bass population backfire

Efforts to wipe out Little Moose Lake’s smallmouth bass population backfire

Cornell research contains unexpected lessons for managing invasive fish By Zachary Matson Cornell University scientists studying Adirondack fish may have inadvertently discovered a method to increase a lake’s smallmouth bass population: try eradicating them.  In 2000, Cornell researchers launched a campaign to rid Little Moose Lake, located within the private Adirondack League Club, of invasive smallmouth bass. For 25 years the scientists remove…