Protecting eels and generating hydropower: understanding the interplay

Principal Engineer Sterling Watson won this year's inaugural Rising Star Award, presented by the National Hydropower Association's Future Leaders of Waterpower group.

Natel employees Kate Stirr and Betsy Pfeiffer and former employee Andy Baumgartner won 5 prizes total for their photos and video of Natel's FishSafe technology.

Co-founders Gia Schneider and Abe Schneider spoke with Massachusetts Institute of Technology reporter Zach Winn about how MIT helped lay a foundation for Natel's FishSafe approach to hydropower.