Monitoring and Assessment of Aquatic Life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River Basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2022

Sarah A. Molinaro, Lisa Demeule, Yong Cao

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Abstract

Project Objectives: (1) Monitor the status of aquatic communities and assess the progress toward the aquatic-life goals in randomly-selected stream sites associated with Conservation Reserve Enhanced Program (CREP) in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River basins; (2) survey a small number of least-disturbed stream sites to assist in establishing the best attainable goals for CREP; 3) improve our understanding on how and when CREP starts to benefit aquatic life by systematically tracking the long-term changes in aquatic life, water quality, and habitats at two new CREP sites selected based on the Before-After-Control-Impact design; 4) assess the importance of water quality improvement to aquatic life by monitoring aquatic life and their habitats at the CREP monitoring stations of the Illinois State Water Survey, and (5) provide technical and managing support for IDNR’s Private Lands Programs.
Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherPrairie Research Institute
Number of pages13
StatePublished - Dec 1 2022

Publication series

NameINHS Technical Report
No.2023 (08)

Keywords

  • INHS
  • Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Benthic macroinvertebrates
  • Fish
  • Stream ecology
  • Private lands conservation

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