great plains fish habitat partnership
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Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership. Habitat Assessment Steven Krentz USFWS Scott Roth USFWS. Mission : Creatively Work Together to Conserve Aquatic Resources of Rivers & Streams Throughout the Prairies of the Central United States. 10 States 636,833 square miles area 2 USFWS Regions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership
Habitat Assessment
Steven Krentz USFWSScott Roth USFWS
Mission: Creatively Work Together to Conserve Aquatic Resources of Rivers & Streams Throughout the Prairies of the Central United States.
• 10 States• 636,833 square miles area• 2 USFWS Regions• 7 Landscape Conservation Cooperatives• 35 Native American Reservations• 6 Freshwater Ecoregions• 23,629 dams (NID) / 14,130 dams (NABD) • 51,865 Miles of streams and rivers• 405 HUC 8 Watersheds• 520,128 Catchments (HUC 12)
– 3 sq km average catchment• 1,649,391 sq km • Approximately 668 Aquatic Species
Great Plains FHP Species Guilds used for Habitat Assessment
• Central / Northern Headwater Species Guild• Brassy Minnow, Finescale dace, Pearl dace, Plains topminnow
• Southern Headwater Species Guild• Common shiner, Suckermouth minnow
• Turbid River Species Guild• Plains Minnow, Shovelnose sturgeon, Western Silvery minnow,
Sauger, Flathead chub, Shoal chub, Silver chub, Sicklefin chub, Sturgeon chub
• Stonecat / Madtom Guild• Tadpole madtom, Freckled madtom, Slender madtom, Stonecat,
Neosho madtom
• Darter Guild• Iowa darter, Johnny darter, Orange Throat darter, Arkansas darter
49%
20%
31%
Great Plains FHP Habitat Assessment Catchment Priorities
Lower Priority RestoreProtect
Restore 309,315 sq km 103,370 Catchments
Protect 462,576 sq km 159,950 Catchments
Combined Restoration Catchment Priority for Five Guilds
Combined Protection Priority Catchments for Five Guilds
• Protection/Restoration Priority• Expected Distribution
• Known A. Carp• Potential A. Carp
2010 -2013 Projects Proposed Projects 2014
Great Plains FHP Science and Assessment Team
Maureen Gallagher USFWS
Great Plains States
Plains and Prairie PotholesLandscape Conservation Cooperative
Healthy Habitat = Healthy Fish = Healthy Economies
Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership
www.fishhabitat.org
www.prairiefish.org
midwestglaciallakes.org
www.reservoirpartnership.org
www.midwestfishhabitats.org