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Return to Tribal Grants Main Page2005 Tribal Landowner Incentive Grant
$149,805
Comprehensive Management Plan for White-Tailed Deer2004 Tribal Landowner Incentive Grant
$110,881.00
Status of Black Bear (Mkwa) in Northern Counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
Mark Knee, 231-723-15942003 Tribal Wildlife Grant
$133,500
Assessment of Riparian Habitat Restoration in the Manistee River Corridor
Stephanie Orgen, 231-723-1594 Ext 212003 Tribal Landowner Incentive Award
$137,644
Study the Status and Habitat Use of Bobcat,
Lynx rufus, in the Northern Counties of Michigan
Nate Svoboda, 231-723-1594Lake Michigan Lake Sturgeon Status Assessment Project Begins
Participants in the Lake Michigan lake sturgeon status assessment project being funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and the Giovanni Auletta Armenise Harvard Foundation (see September Issue of Inside Region 3) met December 18 to share expertise, coordinate and standardize activities, and discuss a number of issues relating to implementation of the project's first field season that begins this spring. The meeting was convened by Rob Elliott of the Service's Green Bay Fisheries Resources Office who serves as project manager. Seventeen people attended including principal investigators and researchers from eight cooperating agencies and institutions involved in this project. During the meeting, agencies reported on the status of each sub-project. The pros and cons of various sampling strategies for each river system were discussed at length relative to the project objectives. The methods and level of sampling appropriate for each river system were discussed, plans for issuing individual and project-wide collector''s permits were shared, and plans for needed gear acquisitions were made. Additional progress to date includes the advertisement for and selection of five graduate students and initiation of their graduate projects, the hiring of technicians, submission of an announcement for a Term position with the Service, the ordering of gear and materials for field collections, study site visitation and preliminary gear testing in some rivers, and initiation of assessments in 2001 for data and sample collection in a few rivers. The first years funding from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust was received by the Service in December and is being distributed through cooperative agreements established between the cooperators and the Service. The first years' funding from the Giovanni Auletta Armenise Harvard Foundation was also received by the Wisconsin DNR who is administering and distributing these funds. This three year study will provide the first comprehensive assessment of the status of lake sturgeon throughout Lake Michigan and is an important first step in progressing with rehabilitation efforts in these waters. Partners in the project include the Wisconsin and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, Michigan State University, Purdue University, Michigan Technological University, University of Georgia and Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.
Offices Involved: R3-Green Bay FRO, R3-Marquette Biological Station
Partners: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan State University, Purdue University, Michigan Technological University, University of Georgia, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Service Biologist Attends North American Lake Trout Symposium
Fishery biologist Aaron Woldt of the Alpena Fisheries Resource Office attended the Symposium on the Ecology, Habitat, and Management of Lake Trout in North America from August 14th to 17th in Whitehorse, Yukon. The symposium brought state and federal management agencies and researchers together to share jurisdictional management approaches, problems, and recent developments regarding lake trout stocks in North America. As co-chair of the Modeling Subcommittee (MSC) of the Technical Fisheries Committee (TFC), biologist Woldt gave two oral presentations and was a co-author of another. The TFC is a committee of representatives of the seven parties to the 2000 Consent Decree that oversees Decree implementation. The 2000 Consent Decree is a 20-year negotiated agreement that allocates fish stocks in 1836 Treaty waters of the upper Great Lakes among parties. The MSC annually updates lake trout and whitefish population models and calculates yearly harvest limits. Woldt's first talk was a plenary address describing the current status and management of lake trout stocks in Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. Special emphasis was placed on the interjurisdictional nature of Great Lakes lake trout management. Woldt provided Lake Huron data, and data from lakes Superior and Michigan were provided by Jory Jonas and Shawn Sitar of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The talk highlighted contributions from all resource agencies conducting lake trout research in Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. These agencies include the Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Chippewa/Ottawa Resource Authority, Unites States Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science Center, Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Woldt's second talk focused on the current status and management of lake trout in northern Lake Huron. The talk highlighted the workings of the MSC and TFC and described how the MSC uses statistical-catch-at-age models to monitor progress towards rehabilitation for lake trout stocks in 1836 Treaty waters. Conference attendees provided constructive feedback that should aid our stock assessment and modeling efforts. Valued discussion topics included the following: how to better estimate natural mortality, the affects of hooking mortality in live release fisheries, and the importance of incorporating all stake-holder input into resource management decisions.
Resource Outputs: The symposium was a great opportunity to present the modeling approaches of the MSC and the status of lake trout stocks in 1836 Treaty waters to a wide audience with experience in lake trout management. Conference attendees provided constructive input on lake trout management and rehabilitation that should aid our rehabilitation efforts in the Great Lakes.
Partners: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Chippewa/Ottawa Resource Authority, United States Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science Center, Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians