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Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership

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The Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership collaborates to conserve aquatic resources across rivers and streams in ten Central U.S. states, covering an area of 636,833 square miles. This initiative involves multiple partners, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and spans over various freshwater ecoregions, landscapes, and Native American reservations. With a focus on habitat assessment for 668 aquatic species, the partnership aims to identify priority catchments for restoration and protection to maintain healthy fish populations and support local economies.

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Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership

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  1. Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership Habitat Assessment Steven Krentz USFWS Scott Roth USFWS

  2. Mission: Creatively Work Together to Conserve Aquatic Resources of Rivers & Streams Throughout the Prairies of the Central United States.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Restore • 309,315 sq km • 103,370 Catchments • Protect • 462,576 sq km • 159,950 Catchments

  6. Combined Restoration Catchment Priority for Five Guilds

  7. Combined Protection Priority Catchments for Five Guilds

  8. Protection/Restoration Priority • Expected Distribution

  9. Known A. Carp • Potential A. Carp

  10. 2010 -2013 Projects • Proposed Projects 2014

  11. Great Plains FHP Science and Assessment Team Maureen Gallagher USFWS Great Plains States Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative

  12. 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

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