An Assessment of Native and Non-Native Crayfish Populations in Six Tributaries of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River
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Endangered Species Act 2018
▪ Requires regulators to consider potential effects on T&E species during permitting process ▪ Must evaluate whether they are present ▪ If present, will there be any effects? ▪ Each plant or animal type has particular set of rules about when protective measures need to be placed in permit ▪ Terrestrial species typically only require protections when present within footprint of activity or within a buffer zone of habitat features (roost trees, hibernacula, etc.) ▪ Aquatic species require protections if project is within a certain distance upstream and/or if the project disturbs an upstream drainage area greater than a given size Species Scientific Name Eastern cougar Felis concolor cougar* Indiana bat Myotis sodalis Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus Northern long-eared bat Myotis septentrionalis Cheat Mountain salamander Plethodon nettingi Diamond darter Crystallaria cincotta Madison Cave isopod Antrolana lira Species Scientific Name Clubshell mussel Pleurobema clava Fanshell mussel Cyprogenia stegaria James spiny mussel Pleurobema collina Pink mucket mussel Lampsilis abrupta Rayed bean mussel Villosa fabalis Sheepnose mussel Plethobasus cyphyus Spectaclecase mussel Cumberlandia monodonta Species Scientific Name Snuffbox mussel Epioblasma triquetra Tubercled blossom pearly mussel Epioblasma torulosa torulosa Guyandotte River crayfish Cambarus veteranus Big Sandy crayfish Canbarus callainus Flat-spired three toothed land snail Triodopsis platysayoides Harperella Ptilimnium nodosum Northeastern bulrush Scirpus ancistrochaetus -
Common Name: COOSAWATTEE CRAYFISH Scientific Name: Cambarus (Hiaticambarus) Coosawattae Hobbs Other Commonly Used Names: None P
Common Name: COOSAWATTEE CRAYFISH Scientific Name: Cambarus (Hiaticambarus) coosawattae Hobbs Other Commonly Used Names: none Previously Used Scientific Names: none Family: Cambaridae Rarity Ranks: G1/S1 State Legal Status: Endangered Federal Legal Status: none Description: The base color of the Coosawattee crayfish is brownish to olive with a reddish or burgundy coloration on the posterior portion of the carapace and the posterior edge of each abdominal segment. Margins of the rostrum and postorbital ridges are orange to reddish. The claws can be quite large in relation to the body and there is a gap between the fingers of the claw when the claw is closed. There is usually a tuft of setae at the base of the fixed finger of the claw and a single row of flattened tubercles along the mesial margin of the palm. The rostrum tapers anteriorly and appears “pinched” near the middle. The areola is broad with sides that are nearly parallel. Cervical spines are absent. This species reaches a maximum total body length of about 75 mm (3 inches). Similar Species: The Coosawattee crayfish may be found with the similar appearing beautiful crayfish (Cambarus speciosus). The Coosawattee crayfish differs from the latter by the lack of cervical spines and a rostrum that appears pinched in the middle compared to the nearly parallel- sided rostrum of the beautiful crayfish Habitat: Adults are typically found under rocks in relatively fast currents within streams. Juveniles may be found in leaves or woody debris in slower moving water. Diet: No studies of the Coosawattee crayfish are known. Crayfishes are considered opportunistic omnivores and are likely to feed on live and decaying vegetation, aquatic insect larvae, small fishes, and dead animal matter. -
Class a Wild Trout Streams
CLASS A WILD TROUT STREAMS STATEWIDE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REVIEW STREAM REDESIGNATION EVALUATION Drainage Lists: A, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, N, O, P, Q, T WATER QUALITY MONITORING SECTION (MAB) DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS BUREAU OF POINT AND NON-POINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION December 2014 INTRODUCTION The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is required by regulation, 25 Pa. Code section 93.4b(a)(2)(ii), to consider streams for High Quality (HQ) designation when the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) submits information that a stream is a Class A Wild Trout stream based on wild trout biomass. The PFBC surveys for trout biomass using their established protocols (Weber, Green, Miko) and compares the results to the Class A Wild Trout Stream criteria listed in Table 1. The PFBC applies the Class A classification following public notice, review of comments, and approval by their Commissioners. The PFBC then submits the reports to the Department where staff conducts an independent review of the trout biomass data in the fisheries management reports for each stream. All fisheries management reports that support PFBCs final determinations included in this package were reviewed and the streams were found to qualify as HQ streams under 93.4b(a)(2)(ii). There are 50 entries representing 207 stream miles included in the recommendations table. The Department generally followed the PFBC requested stream reach delineations. Adjustments to reaches were made in some instances based on land use, confluence of tributaries, or considerations based on electronic mapping limitations. PUBLIC RESPONSE AND PARTICIPATION SUMMARY The procedure by which the PFBC designates stream segments as Class A requires a public notice process where proposed Class A sections are published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin first as proposed and secondly as final, after a review of comments received during the public comment period and approval by the PFBC Commissioners. -
NON-TIDAL BENTHIC MONITORING DATABASE: Version 3.5
NON-TIDAL BENTHIC MONITORING DATABASE: Version 3.5 DATABASE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION AND DATA DICTIONARY 1 June 2013 Prepared for: United States Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program 410 Severn Avenue Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Prepared By: Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin 51 Monroe Street, PE-08 Rockville, Maryland 20850 Prepared for United States Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program 410 Severn Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 By Jacqueline Johnson Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin To receive additional copies of the report please call or write: The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin 51 Monroe Street, PE-08 Rockville, Maryland 20850 301-984-1908 Funds to support the document The Non-Tidal Benthic Monitoring Database: Version 3.0; Database Design Documentation And Data Dictionary was supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency Grant CB- CBxxxxxxxxxx-x Disclaimer The opinion expressed are those of the authors and should not be construed as representing the U.S. Government, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the several states or the signatories or Commissioners to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. ii The Non-Tidal Benthic Monitoring Database: Version 3.5 TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. -
Pennsylvania Nonpoint Source Program Fy2003 Project Summary
Rev.1/30/03 PENNSYLVANIA NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAM FY2003 PROJECT SUMMARY Base Program/District Staff Project Title: Conservation District Mining Program Project Number: 2301 Budget: $ 125,000 Lead Agency: Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (WPCAMR) Location: Western Pennsylvania bituminous coal region Point of Contact: Garry Price, BWM or Bruce Golden, Regional Coordinator, Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation The purpose of the WPCAMR is to promote and facilitate the reclamation and remediation of abandoned mine drainage (AMD) in western Pennsylvania. Through this project the Regional Coordinator will continue to develop an education program, coordinate AMD remediation activities, generate local support for remediation efforts, and assist watershed associations and conservation districts in the development of watershed management plans and in securing funding for AMD remediation. The Watershed Coordinator will continue to assist with the development and implementation of funded projects. Project Title: Conservation District Mining Program Project Number: 2302 Budget: $ 118,000 Lead Agency: Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) Location: Anthracite and northern bituminous regions of Pennsylvania Point of Contact: Garry Price, BWM or Robert Hughes, Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation EPCAMR was formed to promote and facilitate the reclamation and remediation of land and water adversely affected by past coal mining practices in eastern Pennsylvania. EPCAMR is a complimentary organization to the Western Pennsylvania Coalition. The EPCAMR Regional Coordinator will continue efforts to organize watershed associations, develop an education program, coordinate AMD remediation activities, generate local support for remediation efforts, and assist watershed associations and conservation districts in the development of watershed management plans and in securing funding for AMD remediation. -
New Crayfish Species Records from the Sipsey Fork Drainage, Including Lewis Smith Reservoir (Alabama, USA): Native Or Introduced Species? Susan B
Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff Research Biological Sciences 2015 New Crayfish Species Records from the Sipsey Fork Drainage, Including Lewis Smith Reservoir (Alabama, USA): Native or Introduced Species? Susan B. Adams USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Oxford, Mississippi Craig Roghair USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Stream Biota and Habitat Team, Blacksburg, Virginia Colin Krause USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Oxford, Mississippi Melvin L. Warren Jr 1 USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Oxford, Mississippi J. Allison Cochran USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, Bankhead National Forest, Double Springs, AL See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/bio_fsresearch Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Freshwater Crayfish 21(1):17–32, 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5869/fc.2015.v21-1.17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biological Sciences at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff Research by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Susan B. Adams; Craig Roghair; Colin Krause; Melvin L. Warren Jr; J. Allison Cochran; Andy Dolloff,; John Moran; Stuart W. McGregor; Guenter A. Schuster; Michael Gangloff; Dennis R. DeVries; Michael R. Kendrick; G. Lee Grove; and Russell A. Wright This article is available at Encompass: http://encompass.eku.edu/bio_fsresearch/7 See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290446494 New crayfish species records from the Sipsey Fork drainage, including Lewis Smith Reservoir (Alabama, USA): native or introduced species? ARTICLE · JANUARY 2015 DOI: 10.5869/fc.2015.v21-1.17 READS 6 14 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Susan B Adams Dennis R. -
A New Species of Crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) Of
CAMBARUS (TUBERICAMBARUS) POLYCHROMATUS (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE) A NEW SPECIES OF CRAYFISH FROM OHIO, KENTUCKY, INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN Roger F Thoma Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity 1315 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43212-1192 Raymond F. Jezerinac Deceased, 21 April 1996 Thomas P. Simon Division of Crustaceans, Aquatic Research Center, Indiana Biological Survey, 6440 South Fairfax Road, Bloomington, Indiana 47401 2 Abstract. --A new species of crayfish Cambarus (Tubericambarus) polychromatus is described from western Ohio, Indiana, southern and east-central Illinois, western Kentucky, and southern Michigan areas of North America. Of the recognized members of the subgenus, it is most closely related to Cambarus (T.) thomai, found primarily in eastern Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee and western West Virginia. It is easily distinguished from other recognized members of the subgenus by its strongly deflected rostral tip. __________________________________ Raymond F. Jezerinac (RFT) studied the Cambarus diogenes species complex for two decades. He described one new species and erected the subgenus Tubericambarus (Jezerinac, 1993) before his untimely death in 1996. This paper is the continuing efforts of the senior author (RFT) to complete Ray’s unfinished work. Ray had long recognized this species as distinct, but was delayed in its description by his work on the crayfishes of West Virginia (Jezerinac et. al., 1995). After his death, a partial manuscript was found on Ray’s computer at the Ohio State University Museum of Biodiversity, Columbus, Ohio. That manuscript served as the impetus for this paper. This species first came to the 3 attention of RFJ and RFT in 1978 when conducting research into the Cambarus bartonii species complex. -
Muncy Creek Township
Muncy Creek Planning Area Plan Adoptions 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Plan Adoptions HUGHESVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> MUNCY BOROUGH COUNCIL – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> PICTURE ROCKS BOROUGH COUNCIL – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> WOLF TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Adopted <MONTH DAY, YEAR> Lycoming 2030: Plan the Possible 2 Muncy Creek Planning Area Acknowledgements 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Acknowledgements Muncy Creek Planning Advisory Team (PAT) WALTER REED, REPRESENTATIVE OF HUGHESVILLE BOROUGH RICHARD SMITH, REPRESENTATIVE OF HUGHESVILLE BOROUGH STEVE JAQUITH, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY BOROUGH (ALTERNATE) BILL RAMSEY, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY BOROUGH LINDA STEIN, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY BOROUGH STEVEN CULVER, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP BILL POULTON, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP ANGELA SNYDER, REPRESENTATIVE OF MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP BILL DORMAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF PICTURE ROCKS BOROUGH EUGENE OTTERBEIN, REPRESENTATIVE OF PICTURE ROCKS BOROUGH DEAN BARTO, REPRESENTATIVE OF WOLF TOWNSHIP MELANIE MCCOY, REPRESENTATIVE OF WOLF TOWNSHIP TERRY DINCHER, REPRESENTATIVE OF SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP REBECCA FOUGHT, REPRESENTATIVE OF EAST LYCOMING RECREATION AUTHORITY DAVID MACIEJEWSKI, REPRESENTATIVE OF EAST LYCOMING SCHOOL DISTRICT MICHAEL PAWLIK, REPRESENTATIVE OF EAST LYCOMING SCHOOL DISTRICT GENE CAHN, REPRESENTATIVE -
The Evolution of Crayfishes of the Genus Orconectes Section Limosus (Crustacea: Decopoda)
THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Vol. 62 MARCH, 1962 No. 2 THE EVOLUTION OF CRAYFISHES OF THE GENUS ORCONECTES SECTION LIMOSUS (CRUSTACEA: DECOPODA) RENDELL RHOADES Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 10 The earliest described crayfish species now included in the Section limosus of the Genus Orconectes was described by Samuel Constantine Rafinesque (1817: 42). He reported the species, which he named Astacus limosus, "in the muddy banks of the Delaware, near Philadelphia." How ironical it now seems, that when Rafinesque located at Transylvania three years later and traveled to Henderson, Kentucky, to visit a fellow naturalist, John J. Audubon, he could have collected from the streams of western Kentucky a crayfish that he might have identified as the species he had described from the Delaware. We now know that these streams of the knobstone and pennyroyal uplands are the home of parent stock of this group. Moreover, this parental population on the Cumberland Plateau is now separated from Rafinesque's Orconectes limosus of the Atlantic drainage by more than 500 miles of mountainous terrain. Even Rafinesque, with his flair for accuracy and vivid imagination, would have been taxed to explain this wide separation had he known it. A decade after the death of Rafinesque, Dr. W. T. Craige received a blind crayfish from Mammoth Cave. An announcement of the new crayfish, identi- fied as "Astacus bartonii (?)" appeared in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia (1842: 174-175). Within two years the impact of Dr. Craige's announcement was evidenced by numerous popular articles both here and abroad. -
Susquehanna Riyer Drainage Basin
'M, General Hydrographic Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 109 Series -j Investigations, 13 .N, Water Power, 9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR HYDROGRAPHY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIYER DRAINAGE BASIN BY JOHN C. HOYT AND ROBERT H. ANDERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1 9 0 5 CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittaL_.__.______.____.__..__.___._______.._.__..__..__... 7 Introduction......---..-.-..-.--.-.-----............_-........--._.----.- 9 Acknowledgments -..___.______.._.___.________________.____.___--_----.. 9 Description of drainage area......--..--..--.....-_....-....-....-....--.- 10 General features- -----_.____._.__..__._.___._..__-____.__-__---------- 10 Susquehanna River below West Branch ___...______-_--__.------_.--. 19 Susquehanna River above West Branch .............................. 21 West Branch ....................................................... 23 Navigation .--..........._-..........-....................-...---..-....- 24 Measurements of flow..................-.....-..-.---......-.-..---...... 25 Susquehanna River at Binghamton, N. Y_-..---...-.-...----.....-..- 25 Ghenango River at Binghamton, N. Y................................ 34 Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarre, Pa......_............-...----_--. 43 Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa..........._..................._... 56 West Branch at Williamsport, Pa .._.................--...--....- _ - - 67 West Branch at Allenwood, Pa.....-........-...-.._.---.---.-..-.-.. 84 Juniata River at Newport, Pa...-----......--....-...-....--..-..---.- -
Surficial Geology and Soils of the Elmira -Williamsport Region, New York and Pennsylvania
Surficial Geology and Soils of the Elmira -Williamsport Region, New York and Pennsylvania GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 379 Prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Department of the Interior^ Geological Survey and the U.S. De partment of Agriculture^ Soil Conservation Service Surficial Geology and Soils of the Elmira-Williamsport Region, New York and Pennsylvania By CHARLES S. DENNY, Geological Survey, and WALTER H. LYFORD, Soil Conservation Service With a section on FOREST REGIONS AND GREAT SOIL GROUPS By JOHN C. GOODLETT and WALTER H. LYFORD GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 379 Prepared cooperatively by the Geological Survey and the Soil Conservation Service UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 CONTENTS Page Soils Continued Page Abstract--- ________________________________________ 1 Sols Bruns Acides, Gray-Brown Podzolic, and Red- Introduction_______________________________________ 2 Yellow Podzolic soils.._--_-_-__-__-___-_-__-__ 34 Acknowledgments-- _ ________________________________ 3 Weikert soil near Hughesville, Lycoming County, Topography. _______________________________________ 3 Pa______________________________________ 34 Bedrock geology.___________________________________ 4 Podzols and Sols Bruns Acides ____________________ 36 Surficial deposits of pre-Wisconsin age_________________ 4 Sols Bruns Acides and LowHumic-Gley soils._______ 37 Drift...__.____________________________________ 5 Chenango-Tunkhannock association. __________ 37 Colluvium and residuum_--_______-_--_-___-_____ 6 Chenango soil near Owego, Tioga County, Drift of Wisconsin age_-_-___________________________ 6 N.Y_________________________________ 37 Till. ________________________________________ 6 Lordstown-Bath-Mardin-Volusia association.... 39 Glaciofluvial deposits.___________________________ 7 Bath soil near Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. -
American Fisheries Society •
VOL 36 NO 10 OCTOBER 2011 FisheriesAmerican Fisheries Society • www.fisheries.org NSERC’s HydroNet: A national research network to promote sustainable hydropower and healthy aquatic ecosystems Conservation and Management of Crayfishes: Lessons from Pennsylvania 03632415(2011)36(10) VOL 36 NO 10 Fisheries OCTOBER 2011 Contents COLUMNS 477 PRESIDENT’S HOOK Collaborative Networks and AFS: How Strong Are Our Connections? Bill Fisher—AFS President 496 515 GUEST DIRECTOR’S LINE Observations From Recreational Fishing in the Northern Gulf of Densities of Orconectes rusticus are often extremely high in invaded Mexico One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill systems such as the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. A report from a fishing trip to the Gulf. Don Jackson—AFS Past President STUDENT ANGLE 508 Live to Spawn Another Day: Understanding The Fuel UPDATE Efficiency Of Snake River Steelhead 478 LEGISLATION AND POLICY Determining the fuel efficiency of a steelhead is no easy Elden W. Hawkes, Jr. task, especially for the steelhead. Zachary L. Penney FEATURE: RESEARCH 480 NSERC’s HydroNet: A National Research Network 509 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS to Promote Sustainable Hydropower and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems AWARDS Objectives of HydroNet, and an overview of the ongoing and future research activities that will be conducted by the 511 The Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation network. Fellowship Winners Karen E. Smokorowski, Normand Bergeron, Daniel Boisclair, Keith Clarke, Steven Cooke, Rick Cunjak, Jeff Dawson, Brett OBITUARY Eaton, Faye Hicks,