The Topeka shiner, an endangered species, is a small minnow that lives in small to mid-size prairie streams in the central United States where it is usually found in pool and run areas. Suitable streams tend to have good water quality and cool to moderate temperatures. In Iowa, Minnesota, and portions of South Dakota, Topeka shiners also live in oxbows and off-channel pools.
Photo by Garold W. Sneegas
Status: Endangered, listed December 15, 1998
Habitat: Small prairie streams
Lead Region: 6
Region 3 Lead Office: ColumbiaES, Missouri
Field Office
Range: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota
Critical Habitat: Designated
July 27, 2004
Proposed Topeka Shiner Reintroduction in Missouri
Public meeting rescheduled for March 7!
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News Release (Jan. 23, 2013): Proposal Would Help Restore Endangered Topeka Shiner in Missouri; Public Invited to Information Meetings
Federal Register Proposed Rule (Jan. 23, 2013): Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Topeka Shiner in Northern Missouri
Questions and Answers about the Proposal to Reintroduce Topeka shiners in Missouri
Topeka Shiner Life History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Questions
and Answers about the Topeka Shiner
Topeka Shiner in Minnesota
Species
Profile (links to National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web
pages)
Topeka Shiner Critical
Habitat Information
Topeka Shiner Range and Designated Critical Habitat in Iowa (PDF)
Topeka Shiner Designated Critical Habitat in Minnesota
Correction
- Final Designation of Critical Habitat (PDF); Federal Register Notice
- March 25, 2005
Final
Designation of Critical Habitat for the Topeka Shiner (PDF);
Federal
Register Notice - July 27, 2004
News
Release: Critical Habitat for the Topeka
Shiner Designated in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska - July
27, 2004
Questions
and Answers about the Topeka Shiner Critical Habitat Designation
Topeka Shiner Recovery Information
Iowa State University to Study Topeka Shiner Habitat Restored by the Rock Island Field Office (July 18, 2011)
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Southern Iowa Oak Savanna and Grand River Grassland Cooperative Restoration Initiative – Clarke, Decatur and Lucas Counties, Iowa; Ringgold County, Missouri – ($193,625*)
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa – ($81,000*)
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Topeka Shiner Recovery and Habitat Restoration - Calhoun County, Iowa – ($18,040)
2006 S6 Grant Project: Recovery activities for selected federally listed species in Minnesota
Topeka Shiner S7 Consultation Information
Recommendations for Projects Affecting Waters Inhabited by Topeka Shiners (Notropis topeka) in Minnesota
Topeka Shiner Range and Designated Critical Habitat in Iowa (PDF)
Fishes
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