Contacting the Office:
Julie Morin, Acting Native American Specialist
e-mail: Julie_Morin@fws.gov
BHW Federal Building
One Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5108
Fax: 612-713-5280
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2005 Tribal Landowner
Incentive Grant
$149,805
Comprehensive Management Plan for White-Tailed Deer
2004 Tribal Landowner
Incentive Grant
$110,881.00
Status of Black Bear (Mkwa) in Northern Counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
Mark Knee, 231-723-1594
2003 Tribal Wildlife
Grant
$133,500
Assessment of Riparian Habitat Restoration in the Manistee River Corridor
Stephanie Orgen, 231-723-1594 Ext 21
2003 Tribal Landowner
Incentive Award
$137,644
Study the Status and Habitat Use of Bobcat,
Lynx rufus, in the Northern Counties of Michigan
Nate Svoboda, 231-723-1594
Lake 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
