Night Snorkeling for Coastal Cutthroat

August 20, 2006 By: Marshall Cutchin

No, it’s not a sport likely to replace hiking as the number one sport in Mount Rainier National Park, but a way for employee Ben Wright to assess fish populations in the park’s various waterways. T.U.’s Luca Adelphio accompanies the researchers and discovers something about how trout behave at night: “It was interesting to observe how comfortable trout are in the dark. These fish were sitting in the middle of pools and they seemed to have little fear of predation. “