Below are links to other sites, publications, brochures, and reports we have produced and other media that pertain to our work. Some of the following documents are in PDF format. Acrobat Reader will be required to be able to view those documents. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here.

Native Fisheries Protection and Investigation:

• Sturgeon Information

  • Lake Sturgeon

    • Brochure

  • Pallid Sturgeon

    • Brochure

  • Shovelnose Sturgeon

    • Brochure

• Paddlefish

  • Paddlefish pamphlet

  • Seasonal Paddlefish Movements and Habitats in Upper Mississippi River Pool 5a, and it's figures: fig1, fig2, fig3, fig4, fig5, fig6, fig7, fig8, and fig9

  • Paddlefish distribution map. Carlson, D.M., and P.S. Bonislawsky. 1981. The paddlefish (Polydon spathula) fisheries of the Midwestern United States. Fisheries 6(2): 17-22, 26-27. (1,6,8,9,10)

  • Into the outdoors TV program on paddlefish.

• Fish Passage

  • Great Lakes Big Rivers Region

• Diving Projects

• Freshwater Mussels

  • Conservation Plan for Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

  • Native Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

  • Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • Into the outdoors TV program on Higgins' Eye mussels.
    

Trust Responsibilities:

• Refuges

  • Trempealeau

  • Horicon

  • Necedah

  • Big Stone

  • Tamarac

  • MN Valley

  • Upper Mississippi - Winona District

  • Upper Mississippi - La Crosse District

  • Upper Mississippi - McGregor District

  • Upper Mississippi - Savanna District

  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

  • Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC)

• Reservations

  • Menominee Tribe

  • White Earth

  • Mille Lacs

  • Prairie Island

• Endangered Species

  • Topeka Shiner ID Card

  • Higgins' eye Mussel

    • Higgins' eye pearlymussel draft revised recovery plan August 15, 2003
      

    • Higgins' eye pearlymussel fact sheet
      

    • Species Profile linked to the National USFWS Endangered Species website
      

    • Fact Sheet - Saving the Higgins' eye Pearlymussel - Propagation at Genoa National Fish Hatchery (May 2001)
      

    • Upper Mississippi River Section 7 Consultation

  • Threatened and Endangered Mussels

  • Poster graphic summary of the Higgins' eye issue

  • Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

  • Winged mapleleaf Mussel

    • Threatened and Endangered Mussels

    • Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

Exotic Species

• Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers Facts Sheet

• Round Goby

  • Round Goby Watch Card 1 and 2

  • Goby Chronology in the Illinois Waterway System

  • Round Goby (Negobius melanostomus) Distribution in the Illinois Waterway System of Metropolitan Chicago.

  • The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus): An Unwelcome Invader in the Mississippi River Basin

  • USGS Confirmed Round Goby Sightings

• Asian Carp

  • Asian Carp Key

  • Asian Carp Brochure

  • Asian Carp Chronology (District In Chicago Waterway)

  • Jumping Carp

  • Black Carp

  • Grass Carp

  • Bighead Carp and Silver Carp Watch Card 1 and 2

  • The Cal-Sag and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal: A perspective on the Spread and Control of Selected Aquatic Nuisance Fish Species By Jerry L. Rasmussen

  • What Are Asian Carp and Why Are They A Problem?

  • View Illinois Natural History Survey's "Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi River" video, requires RealPlayer

• Ruffe Watch Card 1 and 2

• Zebra Mussel Watch Card 1 and 2

• Paku, South American fish, relative of the piranha

ARS Reports

• Fish Lines: a monthly newsletter of consolidated highlight reports from Region 3's Fishery Program, we were highlighted in this edition.

• ARS Archive

• ARS reports by month. These are basically a highlight of what we accomplish every month.

• 2003	2004
  January	January
  February	February
  March	March
  April	April
  May	May
  June	June
  July	July
  August	August
  September	September
  October	October
  November	November
  December	December

  
  

• USFWS Resource Materials