For months, students participating in the environmental track of Baylor School’s Baylor Research Program have been painstakingly developing a plan to help the Laurel Dace, one of America’s most-imperiled fish species.
Figuring out how best to locate known populations of this rapidly disappearing species — or, even better, to find new ones — has required a dizzying amount of preparation, from reading scientific literature and species recovery plans to honing in on the Laurel Dace’s unique genetic signature.
Casey Phiilips – Tennessee Aquarium
(Photo: Students from Baylor School splash through the waters of Bumbee Creek to herd Laurel Dace into a collection net. Tennessee Aquarium/Doug Strickland)