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Elmer Crow Jr

The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.

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The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.