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Make progress towards completing a status report on lake sturgeon in the
Ohio River Basin (Carterville FRO will coordinate)
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Prepare and prioritize a list of fish species of concern in the Ohio
River Valley Ecosystem (Chad Stinson, Bob Butler, and representatives from
the Bloomington Field Office and the Illinois DNR)
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Initiate status 1-2 surveys of fish species identified in Item 2.
To be completed by 2/2001 (Lead: Deb Mignogno)
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Prepare GIS layers for species ranges identified in Item 2.
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Determine upstream distribution of exotic fish species in the ecosystem
and prepare GIS layers.
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Identify dams in the Ecosystem which are serving as barriers to the
upstream distribution of fish. (Deb Mignogno)
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Develop proposal to determine overwintering requirements of Ohio
River fishes and identify overwintering habitat in the main river, backwaters,
and embayments. (Lead-Ohio River Fisheries Management Team, with Greg Conover,
Deb Mignogno, Scott Stuewe, and an Ohio DOW representative to be identified)
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Begin scoping the development of a baseline fisheries monitoring
plan to measure the effects of Olmstead Lock and Dam on the lower Ohio
River. (Cookeville, TN ES Office, Carterville Fishery Resources Office,
Les Franklin-Illinois DNR)
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Add projects identified by the sub-group as appropriate to the USFWS-Fisheries
Operating Needs System (FONS).
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