t is a commonly held belief that most ecosystems take about a lifetime to recover after damage is introduced by humans. However,\u00a0researchers at Ohio State University\u00a0are finding that initial recovery can be dramatic if the right conditions are present. The discovery was made while monitoring how dam removal impacted local species.\u00a0The studies\u00a0focus on the reintroduction of birds and salmon to the habitat.\u00a0What they found was that if just birds were introduced, they tended to have low weight and poor numbers of offspring. However, when dams came down and salmon and fish were put together, both species flourished and impacted the surrounding ecosystem positively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1685118","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n