Technical Assistance Provided to Native American Programs

Habitat Programs at Ashland FRO

An Experiment to Establish a Migratory Population of Brook Trout in Whittlesey Creek.

At the request of the Regional Office, the Ashland FRO was asked to prepare three poster presentations for the up coming Project Leaders Meeting.  The topics we decided to present included the following:

Technical Assistance Provided to Native American Programs

• Spring and fall walleye surveys with the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission.
• Midwest Tribal Aquaculture Network (MTAN).
• Lake sturgeon Migration study.
• North Shore surveys for coaster brook trout.

Habitat Programs at Ashland FRO

• Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program.
• Coastal Program – Great Lakes.
• Fish Passage Program.

An Experiment to Establish a Migratory Population of Brook Trout in Whittlesey Creek

• Described the current status and abundance of the Whittlesey Creek fish community and identify and implement strategies to establish a self-sustaining migratory brook trout population.