Program Leader:
David Schmid

Program Initiatives:
Bring Back the Natives
Fish Facts
Rise to the Future
FishWatch (official)
FishWatch (program description)
National Fishing Week
Recreational Fishing

Fish & Aquatic Ecology Unit:
Mark Hudy

Related Topic Area:

Threatened, Endangered & Sensitive Species Program (TES)

Downloadable Documents:

Publications & Reports

Rise To The Future 2004 Task Force Report (pdf) 642KB

Benchmarking Study (172kB) of USDA Forest Service Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology Programs

Fish includes the National Fisheries Program and the National Fish & Aquatic Ecology Unit.

The National Fisheries Program assists field biologists in attaining the Chief's aquatic priorities and manage aquatic resources from a healthy ecosystem perspective.

Program Initiatives include "Bring Back the Natives" and "Rise to the Future". "Initiatives" are special topics to which we give added emphasis through projects, events, literature and funding. The intent of our varied Initiatives is to help us and our partners move forward to accomplish specific management goals for certain key issues.

The Fish & Aquatic Ecology Unit (F&AEU), lead by Mark Hudy, is a detached staff unit located in Logan, Utah. F&AEU's primary function is facilitating the transfer of technology and technical information from research to field biologist. The F&AEU staff also conducts research, and serves on technical teams addressing aquatic watershed management issues, such as aquatic monitoring.

NRIS Water Module

Issue Updates

RTTF Award Winners - 2006
(Presented in 2006 for work done in 2005)
DOC (62 KB) PDF (38.4 KB)