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North Branch Update: Fish Assemblage Sampling and Dam Removal North Branch Update: Fish assemblage sampling and dam removal Steve Pescitelli Illinois DNR – Fisheries Division Region II Streams Program DATA APPLICATIONS • Stream Health • Fishery Management • Watershed Planning • Project Evaluation • Permit Review Electric Seine Stream width15-40 ft Boat Electrofishing Rivers Backpack EF Stream width <15 ft Northeastern Illinois Survey Program # # # # # # ## # ## # # # # # ## # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # #### # # # # # # # • Basin surveys (5 year cycle) ## # # # # # # # ## # ## – 15 to 38 sites/per year # ## # ### # ## # # # # ## # – ## ## # # 135 sites total # # ## # # # # # # # # ## # # – 6 watersheds # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # ### ### # # # # • CAWS # # # ## # # ### # ## # ## # # ## # # # ## ## ## • Des Plaines / DuPage # ## # # # # # # # ## # # #### # # # ## # # # # ## # ## • Fox # ##### ## # # # # # # # # # # # # • Kankakee # ## # # # # ## # ## ### # # # # # ### # # # # # ## # # # • Aux Sable # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # • ## ### #### # Mazon #### ## # # # # ## # ## # # # # # # # # # # # ### • Subwatersheds 16-185 sq. mi ### # # # # # ## # # ## # # # # – 20 sites/yr. # # # # # # #### # # # # # – 25 watersheds # # # – 158 total sites # # Deerfileld HS Northbrook, Walters Ave. Northfield, Willow Rd Glenview East Lake North Branch Fishes - 2016 Mid. Fk. Mid. Fk. W. Fk. N. Skokie N. Br. N. Br. Br. River Deerfiield Glenview Northbrook Northfield Common name Total HCCC-06 HCCC-08 HCCB-13 HCCD-09 Gizzard shad 23 10 1 1 11 Central mudminnow 27 27 0 0 0 Goldfish 3 0 1 2 0 Carp 13 5 6 2 0 Golden shiner 18 13 5 0 0 Fathead minnow 1 0 1 0 0 Bluntnose minnow 2 2 0 0 0 White sucker 70 0 42 27 1 Yellow bullhead 7 3 1 0 3 Black bullhead 4 4 0 0 0 Tadpole madtom 1 0 0 0 1 Blackstripe topminnow 261 255 5 0 1 Black crappie 1 0 1 0 0 Largemouth bass 36 17 12 5 2 Green sunfish 84 16 9 44 15 Bluegill x Green sunfish hybrid 3 0 0 1 2 Bluegill 159 46 30 37 46 Johnny darter 1 1 0 0 0 Species 17 12 12 7 8 Total fish 714 399 114 119 82 Index of Biotic Integrity – IBI METRIC SCORE No. native fish species 0-6 No. sucker species 0-6 No. sunfish species 0-6 No. intolerant species 0-6 No. minnow species 0-6 No. benthic invertivore species 0-6 Prop. specialist benthic invertivores 0-6 Prop. generalist feeders 0-6 Prop. coarse mineral spawners 0-6 Prop. tolerant species 0-6 total 0-60 Difference of >10 = biologically meaningful change (Smogor 2005) North Branch IBI Scores Mid. Fk. N. Br. Mid. Fk. N. Br. W. Fk. N. Br. Skokie River HCCC-06 HCCC-08 HCCB-13 HCCD-09 IBI Metric Value Score Value Score Value Score Value Score No. fish species 11 2 10 2 5 1 8 1 No. native minnow species 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 No. sucker species 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 No. sunfish species 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 No. benthic invertevore species 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 No. intolerant species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prop. Spec. benthic invertivores 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.01 1 Prop. generalist feeders 0.25 6 0.84 2 0.95 1 0.93 1 Prop. Lithophilic spawners 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Prop. Tolerant species 0.46 4 0.7 2 0.8 2 0.38 4 Total IBI Score 20 13 11 13 Table 9. Comparison of stream quality using Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for 2001- 2016 Lake Michigan Basin Survey, Chicago and Calumat River sub-basins. IBI Stream Code 2001 2006 2011 2016 West Fk N Br Chgo River HCCB-13 9 12 20 Mid Fk N Br Chgo River HCCC-06 19 24 13 Mid Fk N Br Chgo River HCCC-08 15 11 Skokie River HCCD-09 19 20 17 13 North Shore Channel HCCA-02 22 16 11 North Shore Channel HCCA-04 12 14 16 19 North Branch Chicago River HCC-02 11 19 12 North Branch Chicago River HCC-04 19 14 South Branch Chicago River HC-02 18 13 Little Calumet River HA-04 19 20 22 16 Little Calumet River HB-01 12 15 15 8 Thorn Creek HBD-05 11 13 17 24 North Creek HBDA-01 22 17 26 19 Butterfield Creek HBDB-03 20 25 28 29 Tinley Creek HF-01 25 24 24 25 Waukegon River QC-02 14 20 Keliogg Creek QF-02 20 21 mean 17.5 17.4 18.9 16.9 sd 4.87 4.58 4.07 5.78 Illinois Integrated Water Quality Report and Section 303d List – 2008 IEPA 2008 http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/tmdl/303d-list.html 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 0 DT-35 F-03 DT-23 F-15 DT-51 F-02 DT-22 F-06 DT-06 F-09 DT-28 Kankakee DT-09 Fox F-12 DT-69 F-07 Stream Quality in NE Illinois Illinois NE in Quality Stream DT-13 F-13 DT-03 F-04 DT-11 F-08 DT-32 F-11 DT-83 DT-36 F-01 DT-46 F-14 60 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 G-01 HCCB-13 HCCC-06 G-02 HCCC-08 G-03 HCCD-09 G-06 HCCA-02 G-07 HCCA-04 Chicago/Calumet G-08 HCC-02 DesPlaines HCC-04 G-11 HC-02 G-12 HA-04 G-15 HB-01 G-18 HBD-05 G-25 HBDA-01 HBDB-03 G-30 HF-01 G-35 QC-02 G-36 QF-02 G-96 STATION Temp SP COND Date Time Temp Air C DO mg/l CODE Water C uS HA-04 28-Jun-16 9:50:00 AM 21 23.31 734 0 HA-05 28-Jun-16 11:30:00 AM 22 25.33 630 0 HB-01 28-Jun-16 12:47:00 PM 24 24.74 1830 10.17 HBD-05 06-Sep-16 12:40:00 PM 31 23.77 728 6.67 HBDA-01 06-Sep-16 10:35:00 AM 30 25.28 938 8.19 HBDB-03 07-Sep-16 10:15:00 AM 30 24.75 895 7.35 HBE-02 06-Sep-16 2:00:00 PM 33 24.21 458 6.54 HCC-07 21-Sep-16 8:30:00 AM 21 20.69 857 5.96 HCCA-02 29-Jun-16 11:00:00 AM 24 20.66 295 0 HCCA-04 29-Jun-16 12:50:00 PM 27 20.95 716 7.49 HCCB-13 16-Aug-16 9:40:00 AM 22 22.86 1342 5.5 HCCC-02 21-Sep-16 9:40:00 AM 21 20.07 813 5.95 HCCC-06 15-Aug-16 12:30:00 PM 24 24.67 1060 4.32 HCCC-08 16-Aug-16 10:50:00 AM 23 23.26 954 3.98 HCCD-09 16-Aug-16 10:20:00 AM 23 23.11 894 6.63 HF-01 07-Sep-16 8:50:00 AM 28 23.81 845 6.18 QC-03 15-Aug-16 11:20:00 AM 22 21.34 1247 6.22 QF-02 15-Aug-16 10:45:00 AM 24 21.81 1177 6.25 QHEI CODE DATE SCORE Quantitative HBD-05 8/10/2016 70.5 Habitat HBDA-01 8/9/2016 32 Evaluation HBDB-03 8/11/2016 72.3 Index HBE-02 9/15/2016 81.6 HCC-07 10/14/2016 59.3 Range: HCCB-13 8/9/2016 61 0 to 100 HCCC-02 10/13/2016 36.5 HCCC-06 8/9/2016 25 HCCC-08 10/14/2017 35.3 HCCD-09 10/14/2016 38.5 HF-01 8/11/2016 80.8 QC-03 8/18/2016 54 QF-02 8/8/2016 45 West River Park Tam O’Shanter Chick Evans Effects of Dams Santucci et al. 2005 NAJFM; 15 dams Fox River in Illinois Local Effects System-wide Effects ▪ Degraded habitat ▪ Fragmented river ▪ Degraded water quality ▪ Barrier to fish migration ▪ Degraded fish and macro- ▪ Isolate important habitats invertebrate communities ▪ Prevent recolonization of impacted and restored reaches Am. eel Bm. buffalo Bl. buffalo Gz. shad Bl. redhorse Hf. carpsucker Ln. gar Mooneye Ri. carpsucker Ri. redhorse Sauger Sn. gar Sj. herring Sm. buffalo Speckled chub Common Name Total Alewife* 11 Banded killifish 19 Bowfin 3 Brook silverside 40 Brown bullhead 26 Burbot 1 Channel catfish 178 Creek chub 21 Freshwater drum 11 Grass pickerel 9 Longnose gar 4 Quillback 5 Redear sunfish 10 River carpsucker 21 Rock bass 90 Round Goby* 4 Sand shiner 2 Skipjack herring 9 Smallmouth bass 20 Smallmouth buffalo 7 Spotfin shiner 2263 Spottail shiner 235 Spotted gar 2 Warmouth 9 Western mosquitofish 36 White bass 21 Yellow perch 327 Table 6. Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores for the 2016 Lake Michigan Basin, Chicago River Sub-basin: all statons upstream of West River Park Dam, including indiviual metric values and scores. (Range 0 to 60 points, higher score indicates higher quality). Mid. Fk. N. Br. Mid. Fk. N. Br. W. Fk. N. Br. Skokie River HCCC-06 HCCC-08 HCCB-13 HCCD-09 IBI Metric Value Score Value Score Value Score Value Score No. fish species 11 2 10 2 5 1 8 1 No. native minnow species 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 No. sucker species 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 No. sunfish species 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 No. benthic invertevore species 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 No. intolerant species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prop. specialist benthic invertivores 0.003 1 0 0 0 0 0.012 1 Prop. generalist feeders 0.248 6 0.842 2 0.95 1 0.927 1 Prop.
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