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Monitoring Aquatic Life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River Basins for evaluating Illinois Department of Natural Resources Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2025

Molinaro, Sarah A.; Nixon, William; Cao, Yong

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Title
Monitoring Aquatic Life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River Basins for evaluating Illinois Department of Natural Resources Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2025
Author(s)
  • Molinaro, Sarah A.
  • Nixon, William
  • Cao, Yong
Issue Date
2025-12-11
Keyword(s)
  • Long-term monitoring
  • Aquatic communities
  • Assessment
  • Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
  • Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design
  • Water quality
  • Illinois State Water Survey
  • Kaskaskia River Basin
  • Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages
  • Fish assemblages
  • Illinois River Basin
  • Resource management
  • Streams
  • Habitat
  • Water chemistry
Date of Ingest
2025-12-16T14:00:50-06:00
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
Project Objectives: (1) Monitor the status of aquatic communities and assess the progress toward the aquatic-life goals in randomly-selected stream sites associated with the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River basins; (2) survey a small number of least-disturbed stream sites to assist in establishing the best attainable goals for CREP; 3) improve our understanding on how and when CREP starts to benefit aquatic life by systematically tracking the long-term changes in aquatic life, water quality, and habitats at two new CREP sites selected based on the Before-After-Control-Impact design; and 4) assess the importance of water quality improvement to aquatic life by monitoring aquatic life and their habitats at the CREP monitoring stations of the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS).
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Has Part
  • Hostert, L.E., L. Beja, and Y. Cao. 2020. Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Kaskaskia River for evaluating IDNR private lands programs: phase III. INHS Technical Report 2021. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
  • Metzke, B. A., and L. C. Hinz Jr. 2017. Establishing an aquatic monitoring program to assess the goals of the Illinois Conservation Reserve Program in the Kaskaskia River Basin. INHS Technical Report 2017 (4). University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
  • Metzke, B. A., L. C. Hinz Jr., L. Beja, L. E. Hostert, and Y. Cao. 2019. Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Kaskaskia River for evaluating IDNR private lands programs: phase II final report. INHS Technical Report 2019 (26). University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Series/Report Name or Number
INHS Technical Report 2025 (18)
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
technical report
Language
eng
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
IDNR CREP 2704
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is required.

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