New York students build, install cribs in Great Sacandaga Lake as part of research effort

As ice clung to the shores of Great Sacandaga Lake this past winter, students in the science research class at New York’s Broadalbin-Perth Jr./Sr. High School, in Fulton County, were hard at work — not behind desks, but with saws and hammers in hand.
Under the guidance of science teacher Brian Henry, students constructed and recently deployed 40 wooden “fish cribs,” submerged structures that are designed to enhance the aquatic habitat in the lake’s southern basin. The project marks the beginning of a five-year effort to build 20 artificial reefs and deploy a total of 200 cribs.

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