An Ecological Assessment of Opportunities for Fishery Rehabilitation in the Pigeon River, Ottawa County, MI - contact MRWA

Dam Removal: Challenges and Opportunities for Ecological Research and River Restoration - a spatial and temporal context for examining ecological responses to dam removal.

Decline and Recovery of a Brook Trout Stream Following an Experimental Addition of Sand Sediment (abstract) - (MDNR) - concerns Hunt Creek in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.

Determining and Mapping the Probability of Aquatic Plant Colonization - (USACE) - ability of a water body to establish and colonize native or noxious aquatic plant species.

Developing a Watershed Management Plan for Water Quality - a guide to help local units of government, nonprofit organizations and citizens develop watershed management plans. Contact MRWA

Do Created Wetlands Replace the Wetlands that are Destroyed? - (USGS) - a fact sheet explaining what is wetland mitigation and the challenges and issues.

Environmental Do's and Don'ts on Construction Sites - actions to take on construction sites to help the environment. Contact MRWA.

EPA Science Inventory - searchable, agency-wide catalog of current, recently completed, and archived science activities and products.

Field Borders and Farmland Songbirds - (USDA) - study determining how field borders increased populations of wintering sparrows and breeding birds.

Fishing for Trouble - how toxic mercury contaminates our waterways and threatens recreational fishing.

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report - (GLC) - outlines research, policy analysis, communications and advocacy efforts.

Henry Fork Agricultural Corridor Wildlife Habitat Conservation Case Study - (NRCS)-Contact MRWA.

Lake Sturgeon Assessment Assistance by Great Lakes Commercial Fishers - (FWS) - data used by biologists from lake sturgeon caught by commercial fishers.

Lakes, Wetlands, and Streams as Predictors of Land Use/Cover Distribution - hypothesis that the presence of aquatic ecosystems influences the spatial distribution of human land use. Contact MRWA.

Love Handles in Aquatic Ecosystems: The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon Drawdown, Resuspended Sediments and Terrigenous Inputs in the Carbon Balance of Lake Michigan (pdf)

Northwest Lower Michigan River Basin Report - Contact MRWA.

Proceedings of the Wild Rice Research and Management Conference, July 7-8, 1999, in Carlton, Minnesota - archaeological context, research and ecology of wild rice. Contact MRWA.

Response of Wild Rice to Selected Aquatic Herbicides - (USACE) - outdoor tank study conducted to examine the effects of several aquatic herbicides on the growth and survival of wild rice.

State of Michigan's Environment 2003 Second Biennial Report - continues to follow trends in important environmental indicators.

Stormwater Practices for Cold Climates - (CWP) - implementing and design recommendations for stormwater best management practices under cold climatic conditions.

Sturgeon Spawning Habitat Creation - (USGS) - poster outlining the creation of sturgeon spawning habitat.

The influence of lake shore management approaches on Escherichia coli densities in sands at two northwestern Lake Michigan beaches - study of the influence of beach sand on in situ populations of E. coli.

Urban Stream Restoration Practices: An Initial Assessment (abstract) - (CWP) - 24 different types of stream restoration practices are examined.