Habitat Conservation Committee
Type of Committee: SPECIAL / STANDING
Purpose:
To conserve and enhance all life stage habitats essential (rivers and lakes) for sustainable lake sturgeon populations within the watershed.
Goals:
Establish crucial habitat for the long term sustainability of lake sturgeon stocks with emphasis on habitat restoration and enhancement for all life stages.
Objectives:
- To facilitate and fund, in conjunction with habitat partners, the implementation of assessments, restoration, enhancement, and monitoring of sturgeon habitats for all life stages.
- Develop a strategy to increase the potential to quantify natural recruitment.
- Identify and remedy obstacles that may be inhibiting natural reproduction.
- Stabilize streambanks where erosion is compromising the integrity of habitat.
- Collaborate with FERC and Tower-Kleber Limited Partnership to maintain run-of-river mode.
- Use telemetry to identify ideal habitats for each stage of development.
- Continue participation in the interagency group developing lake sturgeon fishways.
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