Dan Mason from the USDA National Genomics Center presented on Using eDNA to understand fish distribution in the Hood River Watershed and across the Western U.S.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling for fish in streams is the collection of DNA released by a target species into the water. Scientists at the U.S. Forest Service’s National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation have pioneered developments in this field. Dan Mason, with the National Genomics Center, describes how and why eDNA for fish is collected, along with results from bull trout and Pacific lamprey data in the Hood River Watershed and beyond.

Watch the recording here.