1. Middle Eel River Initiative: A collaborative approach for ecological studies

2. Stream Habitats www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/chap1.html

3. 41 Watersheds 36,000 stream miles 8 digit HUCs Eel River HUC 05120104 Indiana Watersheds

4. 814 mi 2

5. Stream Monitoring Water chemistry or Stream habitat? Stream biology? Where and when? How clean is clean?

6. Connecting critical upland processes with aquatic ecosystems.

7. Approximate location of Virgin Old- Growth Forest in 1620, 1850, and 1920 Meyer, 1995

8. Cuyahoga river, 1969

9. 3,000-6,000 square miles

10. Ecological Impacts: Streams Chemical Physical Biological Temporal Spatial

11. Can changes be detected?

12. Middle Eel River Monitoring Three gage sites Six Tributaries

14. Water Sample Collection Grab Samples Time integrated 15 minute data collection – Water temperature – Stream discharge

15. Parameters Water Chemistry – Total Suspended Sediment – Total Phosphorus – Nitrate Biological – QHEI – IBI – Mussel survey – E. coli

17. Upstream Gage 2010

18. Blocher Site

19. Mexico Site

20. Fish and Habitat

21. Dam Research

22. Indiana 1,100 dams and most in poor condition 70 % privately owned

23. North Manchester dam Approximately 3 feet of water

24. Mean IBI Scores above NM dam Exceptional (50-60) Very Good (49-42) Good (41-34) Fair (33-27) Poor (26-17) Very Poor (<17)

25. Mean QHEI Scores above NM dam

26. Liberty Mills Site

27. Liberty Mills

28. Indianas aquatic dust bowl

29. Suspended Sediment

30. Smallmouth bass Monitoring SMB nests Year Class Strength Growth

31. Eel River median discharge and SMB nest frequency at North Manchester

32. SMB nests and TSS

33. SMB Spine

34. Wet Fanny Awards

35. Nates Fish Bruces Fish Ryans Fish

36. My Fish!

38. Figure 2. Mean and standard error of group biomass for smallmouth bass (11mm TL) after 4 d and 7 d exposure to bentonite clay suspensions.

39. Smallmouth Bass Compared to mean Total Suspended Solids in May and June

40. Blocher Site

41. Mexico Site

42. Stream Sediment

43. Eel River Discharge at North Manchester

44. Mean (SE) for upstream gage and NM

45. Number of SMB Nests Compared to Discharge at North Manchester

47. Eel River TSS vs discharge