These Mountain Lakes Should Never Have Had Trout. New Evidence Points to Prehistoric Humans

Archaeologists discovered seven-thousand-year-old fish traps in mountain lakes, per io9, finding the first evidence that humans were stocking those waterways with trout. The discovery suggests that species introduction and environmental management are practices humans have pursued for millennia—far longer than previously realized.

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