Great Lakes/BigU.S. Fish & Rivers Wildlife Fisheries Service Program 1 Partners and Stakeholders Region 3 - Great Lakes/Big Rivers Leadership in Conserving, Enhancing, and Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems Partnerships and accountability are essential elements of our Vision for effective fisheries conservation. Many agencies, organizations, and private individuals are involved in fisheries conservation and management, but no one can do it alone. Together, we and our partners combine efforts and expertise to tackle challenges facing fisheries conservation. The following is a list of partners and stakeholders we worked with on aquatic resource projects and initiatives in 2003 and 2004 in the Great Lakes and Big Rivers Region: Neosho National Fish Hatchery staff deliver lake 1854 Authority sturgeon to White Earth Lake per the management Alpena Bass Club plan to restore this native fish for the White Earth American Fisheries Society Band of Chippewa. American Sportfishing Association Audubon Society Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Badger Fly Fishers BASS Federation Bass Pro Shops Bay Mills Indian Community Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians Brice Prairie Foundation Bureau of Indian Affairs Cabela’s Cheboygan Sportsmans Club Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA) Cleveland Museum of Natural History Crawford County Land Conservation Department Staff from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of Defense Department of Natural Resources, and Trout Department of Fisheries and Oceans - Canada Unlimited partner to conduct a fish population DTE Energy assessment. East Jordan Snowmobile Club Falling Rock Walleye Club Federal Emergency Management Authority Fond du Lac (Lake Superior) Band of Chippewa Indians Forest County Potawatomi Community Friends of Pendills Creek Hatchery Friends of the Big Muddy Friends of the Jordan River Valley Friends of the Neosho National Fish Hatchery Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Fishery Services Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges Grand Portage (Lake Superior) Band of Chippewa Indians Grand River Partners Inc. (Ohio) Grand Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Great Lakes Fishery Commission Fish and Wildlife Service and Ontario Great Lakes Indian Fish & and Wildlife Commission Ministry of Natural Resources team up to Great Lakes Sportfishing Council conduct lake sturgeon assessments. Hannahville Indian Community 2 Great Lakes/Big Rivers Fisheries Program Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association Nebraska Game & Parks Commission Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin Nature Conservancy Illinois Department of Natural Resources New York Depart. of Environmental Conservation Indiana Department of Natural Resources North American Native Fishes Association Iowa Department of Natural Resources Northland Sportmans Club Iowa State University Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Izaak Walton League Ohio Department of Natural Resources Joint Sport Fishing Club Meeting Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Kickapoo Valley Resource Management Board Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Lac Courte Oreilles Band Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Association Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Overton-Woodridge Levee and Drainage Dist. Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Pennsylvania Depart. of Environmental Protection LaCrosse County Conservation Alliance Pere Marquette Watershed Council LaCrosse County Dept. of Land Conservation Peshawbestown Community Center Lake Metro Parks (Ohio) Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Lake Michigan Fisheries Forum-17 members Prairie Island Indian Community Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Pure Fishing Legend Lake Property Owners Association Rainy River First Nation Little Manistee River Watershed Conservation Council Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians River Alliance of Wisconsin Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota River Relief/Missouri River Relief Lower Sioux Mdewakanton Indian Community Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa M.A.K.O. Fly Fisher’s Association Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Mancelona Rotary Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Manistique Papers Inc. Sea Grant Manitou Bluffs Conservation Group (Missouri) Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Potawatomi Indians of MI Sierra Club Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Sakaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) Community of Wisconsin Michigan Association of RC&Ds Soo Area Sportsman’s Club Michigan Charterboat Association South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks Michigan Conservation Districts Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council Michigan Department of Environmental Quality St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Michigan Department of Natural Resources Sturgeon for Tomorrow Michigan Department of Transportation The Nature Conservancy Michigan Inland Lakes and Stream Association Thunder Bay Brown Trout Committee Michigan State University Thunder Bay Walleye Club Michigan United Conservation Clubs Tip of the Mitt Watershed Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Trout Unlimited Minnesota Department of Natural Resources U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Assoc. U.S. Department of Agriculture Mississippi Valley Conservancy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mississippi Valley Partners U. S. Forest Service Mississippi Walleye Club U. S. Geological Survey Missouri Department of Conservation Upper Black River Restoration Committee Missouri River Communities Network Upper Sioux Community of Minnesota Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Vernon County Land/Water Conservancy Mohican Nation Stockbridge-Munsee Band West Fork Sports Club National Fish and Wildlife Foundation White Earth Band of Chippewa National Park Service Wisconsin Association of Lakes Natural Heritage Foundation Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Natural Resource Conservation Service Wisconsin Hunting and Fishing Alliance U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service For more information please contact: 1 800/344 WILD Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building Division of Fisheries http://www.fws.gov 1 Federal Drive 612/713-5111 or visit our website at: -USFWS photos Ft. Snelling, MN 55111 http://midwest.fws.gov/Fisheries/ February 2005.