Stream Chronicles: Saving the Candy Darter

In this episode, host Gabrielle Jawer interviews members from V-SCI's Team Candy Darter, a group of scientists dedicated to the conservation of the endangered Candy Darter fish species. Gabrielle dives into the research efforts undertaken by Team Candy Darter, including their recently completed white paper. The team discusses the significance of the Candy Darter in the ecosystem, its status as an umbrella species, and the threats it faces due to habitat degradation and hybridization. They also shed light on federal and state-level policies that aim to protect the Candy Darter and the challenges in translating these policies into effective conservation efforts on the ground.

Guests: Isaac VanDiest, Gates Palissery, Jem Baldisimo

Host: Gabrielle Jawer

Music: Finneas Moore

Editor: Yezi Yang, with help from Shuree Altantsetseg