Freshwater Conservation and Restoration

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FreshwaterConservationandRestoration

LearnmoreaboutCFRE’sfreshwaterconservationandrestorationeffortsbelow.

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LittleRapidsRestoration

TheaquatichabitathasbeenextensivelyalteredthroughouttheGreatLakesfornavigationalpurposes,includingtheSt.MarysRiverinSaultSte.Marie,MI/ON.However,in2016,naturalflowwasrestoredtotheLittleRapidsareaoftheSt.MarysRiver.CFRE’sgoalistoevaluatethephysicalandecologicalresponsestothisrestoration.

LearnMore:LittleRapidsRestorationVideo

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GreatLakesCoastalWetlandMonitoringProgram

Forthepastdecade,LSSUhasbeenapartnerinstitutionontheGreatLakesCoastalWetlandMonitoringProgram(CWMP),aneffortfundedbytheUSEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyandledbyCentralMichiganUniversity.

LSSUstudentsaretrainedinstandardizedmonitoringprotocolsandcollectvaluabledataonwetlandfishes,macroinvertebrates,habitat,andwaterqualityeachyeartohelpimproveourunderstandingofthehealthandchangingconditionsofcoastalwetlandsinnorthernLakeHuronandeasternLakeSuperior.Over30LSSUundergraduateshavebeeninvolvedinthisprojectsinceitsinception.

ReadMore:www.greatlakeswetlands.org

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FreshwaterMusselEcologyandManagement

Forthepastdecade,CFREresearchershavebeenworkingwiththeOttawaNationalForesttodocumentthedistributionandhabitatpreferencesoffreshwatermussels,nativeandsensitivemusselspecies,inwesternUPwatershedstosupportconservationandhabitatrestoration.

Startingin2021,CFREresearchersandpartnerswilldevelopmusselsurveyrecommendationsthatcanbeimplementedathydropowerfacilitieswhenmaintenancedrawdownsoccurandmusselrelocation(i.e.,rescue)effortsareneededtoavoidstrandingorganisms.Thegoalistomaximizemusselspeciessurvivalwhileminimizinghumaneffortrequiredtorelocatemussels.

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