Conservation Offices perform key monitoring and control activities related to aquatic invasive species; survey and evaluate native fish stocks and aquatic habitats to identify restoration opportunities; play a key role in targeting and implementing native fish and habitat restoration programs; work with private land owners, states, local governments and watershed organizations to complete aquatic habitat restoration projects under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife, National Fish Habitat Plan, and the Great Lakes Coastal Programs; provide coordination and technical assistance toward the management of interjurisdictional fisheries; maintain and operate several key interagency databases; provide technical assistance to other Service programs addressing contaminants, endangered species, federal project review and hydropower operation and re-licensing; evaluate and manage fisheries on Service lands; and, provide technical support to 38 Native American tribal governments and treaty authorities.
480 W. Fletcher Street
Alpena, MI 49707
Phone: 989-356-5102
Fax: 989-356-4651
alpena@fws.gov
Restores habitat in the Upper Iowa River Watershed to increase trout populations
Propagates and inoculates host fish with the endangered Higgins' eye pearlymussel for restoration in Iowa rivers
Aquatic nuisance species management in the Mississippi River drainage
Collects data on Paddlefish in the Upper Mississippi River basin
Conducts aquatic nuisance species activities with Chicago Shipping and Sanitary Canal electrical barrier; Round goby and Asian carp monitoring in Illinois River and the Chicago Shipping and Sanitary Canal
Provides fishery assistance to White Earth Indian Reservation, MN and Menominee Indian Reservation,WI for Lake sturgeon restoration and stocking
Removes barriers to fish passage on the Red River, MN, and the Upper Mississippi River drainage
Maintains partnerships with state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies