success, and then as conditions improve, the state can start
to reintroduce some additiional species to this stretch of the
river that haven't been here for awhile."
Carlee adds the project is a success because of the
partners involved, including ADCNR, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, Auburn University and the Weiss Lake
Improvement Association.
"is project would not be successful without all of our
partners," Carlee said. "A lot of stakeholders have been
involved in the Coosa relicensing process that have come
together to return this stretch of river to a more natural state."
Carlee says the project also brings him personal satisfaction.
"I'm a fisheries major from Auburn University, so my time in
college I spent studying the fishes here 20 years ago," he said.
"To be a part of reintroducing flows to this stretch of river and
to be able to see the transition that occurs when you return it
to a more normal state, as a biologist, it's a great feeling."
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