Mission

The mission of the Forest Service Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit is to identify emerging aquatic resource issues, develop technology to help address these issues, and transfer this technology to field biologists.

Vision

The Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit will provide scientifically sound, cost-effective technologies to aquatic resource specialists in support of the conservation and restoration of aquatic communities on Forest Service land.

What We Do

The Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit works with federal and state research organizations and universities to develop technology to address emerging resource issues. Once this technology is developed we disseminate this technology to aquatic resource specialists through, continuing education workshops, presentations, publications, and on-site visits.

News

September 2008

• NEW PUBLICATIONS

Article: Hudy, Mark, Teresa M. Thieling, Nathaniel Gillespie, Eric P. Smith. 2008. Distribution, Status, and Land Use Characteristics of Subwatersheds within the Native Range of Brook Trout in the Eastern United States. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:1069-1085
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Article: Zhang, Huizi, Teresa Thieling, Samantha C. Bates Prins, Eric P. Smith, Mark Hudy. 2008. Model-Based Clustering in a Brook Trout Classification Study within the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:841–851
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Thesis: Sweeten, Sara E. James Madison University. May 2008. Home Range, Hibernacula Fidelity, and Best Management Practices for Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in Virginia. 98 p.
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Thesis: Fink, David Brad. James Madison University. May 2008. Artificial Shading and Stream Temperature Modeling for Watershed Restoration and Brook Trout (Salvenius fontinalis) Management. 34 p.
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Posted in April
Roper, Brett B., John M. Buffington, Eric Archer, Chris Moyer, and Mike Ward. The Role of Observer Variation in Determining Rosgen Stream Types in Northeastern Oregon Mountain Streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 44(2):417-427.
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Not so New but a good read: Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit Annual Report - 2007
28 pages; (pdf) 2.54 MB

• Contact Mark Hudy at 540-568-2704 EMAIL
• Contact Dr. Brett Roper at 435-755-3566 EMAIL

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