Please see below a growing digital library of publications detailing research on the Fort River, generously made available by the scientists conducting this exciting work.

Watershed-Based Plan for the Fort River. Town of Amherst, UMass Amherst, and Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (2019)

Long-term studies on restoration sea lamprey in the Connecticut River_Kynard & Horgan (2019)

Amethyst Brook stream recovery after dam removal_Magilligan et al. (2015)

Role of sea lamprey in nutrient trasnport between the Fort River and Atlantic Ocean_Nislow & Kynard (2009)

Hydrogeochemical Cycling and Chemical Denudation in the Fort River Watershed, Central Massachusetts: An Appraisal of Mass-Balance Studies.  Yuretich and Batchelder (1988)

Abundance, size and sex ratio of sea lamprey in Connecticut River_Steir & Kynard (1986)

Movement of sea lamprey during spawning in the Connecticut River_Steir & Kynard (1986)

Fort River Ecosystem: Productivity of the Periphyton Component. Fisher and Sumner (1976)

Boyd Kynard 2021 Groff Park Lamprey Survey (2022)

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