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Activities

• MICRA Paddlefish Stock Assessment Database
  Columbia FRO helps the states within the Mississippi River Basin manage their paddlefish stock assessment database.

• Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon Monitoring
  Columbia FRO monitors the pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon populations in the Lower Missouri River.

• Missouri River Habitat Restoration Monitoring
  Columbia FRO works with the Corps of Engineers to assess if engineered habitat improvements in the Lower Missouri River benefit native fish populations.

• Middle Basin Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Workgroup
  Columbia FRO chairs the group of state, federal and university biologists working to restore pallid sturgeon populations in the Lower Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers.

• Improving Fish Passage
  Columbia FRO works with the states of Missouri and Iowa to increase the number of stream miles open to native fish species by modifying stream structures.

• Fish Management
  Columbia FRO helps National Wildlife Refuges and other federal landowners in the Midwest improve their fishing opportunities.

• Asian Carp Monitoring
  Columbia FRO staff monitors the populations of the four species of carp introduced from Asia in the Lower Missouri River.

• Missouri River Native Fish Species Assessment
  Columbia FRO has been monitoring native Missouri River fishes since 1997.

• Outreach and Education
  Columbia FRO provides outdoor and aquatic species educational programs to benefit schools, environmental conservation groups, and the general public.

• Monthly Activity Highlight Reports

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Last updated: July 8, 2008

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