Each spring as the snow turns to rain and the land starts to warm up, heralding the arrival of snowdrops, crocuses, and spring peepers, my mind starts to turn to gardening… and fish! In my role as the Aquatic Ecologist at the Connecticut River Conservancy I think about fish a lot, but in spring that kicks into high gear as our native anadromous fish species begin heading upstream to spawn, and I prepare to head out and help collect data about where they are and how many are t