Today I got to go to the Giacomini Wetland for fish monitoring along with five other assorted biologists from the park. This monitoring was realated to the restoration of the Giacomini Wetland. For the last half of the 20th century the Giacomini Wetland has been diked, and used for cattle grazing. Recently the park recovered the land and has been restoring it to its natural state. The dikes are being removed, and the barns have already been taken out. Giacomini wetland is home to an incredible amount of wildlife. By netfishing several different sites we saw such species as Stickleback, Top Smelt, Starry Flounder, Sculpin, Yellowfin, and the nationally endangered Tidewater Goby. We measured, weighed, and counted all the fish that we found. By this continued monitoring the park is able to gain knowledge about how the restoration of the wetland has affected the wildlife present.
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