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Rapid River Photo Album:
(Photos courtesy Dave Boucher, MDIFW and Bill Hansen, FPL)

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Trout and salmon fry collected from the Rapid River on June 10, 2003	An aerial view of the north basin of Umbagog Lake, an important habitat for adult trout from the Rapid River	Barrier dam at outlet of B Pond barrier dam, reconstructed by IFW staff in 2001 to prevent Umbagog Lake bass from accessing B Pond
IFW biologists deploy a live trap to capture fish from Pond in the River for radio tagging, spring 2003	Pond in the River, with Richardson Lake in the background, August 2003	Smallmouth bass yearling with trout fry. Collected from the Rapid River, June 2003
FPL biologist Bill Hanson and IFW biologist Dave Howatt prepare a Rapid River salmon for a radio transmitter.	Radio transmitter ready to be surgically implanted in a Rapid River salmon.	Inserting the radio transmitter.
FPL biologist Bill Hansen makes the final suture. This salmon is now ready to provide valuable movement data to IFW biologists.	Pond in the River, January 8, 2004	IFW fishery biologist Dave Boucher with radio telemetry gear used to locate salmon and smallmouth bass in the Rapid River, January 8, 2004
FPLE biologists record the positions of radio tagged fish in the Rapid River, January 8, 2004	Lower Dam, January 8, 2004