Science Services - Fish Habitat Research

The fisheries and habitat research program is staffed by professional scientists and research technicians. This group of science professionals has diverse individual expertise in fisheries, aquatic ecology, limnology, and quantitative ecology. The primary purpose of this program is to conduct original research within areas of fisheries and aquatic ecology that support the program missions of the Bureau of Fisheries Management and the Bureau of Watershed Management.

A secondary mission of the research program is to provide technical support and expertise to various DNR Teams, and to serve as "experts" to the DNR in their disciplines. Science professionals within in this program are also actively engaged in technology transfer activities through the publication and presentation of research results both within Wisconsin and internationally. In addition, the program provides support to graduate students through the Wisconsin Cooperative Fisheries Unit at UW-Stevens Point and the University of Michigan. This resarch program currently maintains unique research stations at Escanaba Lake and Emmons Creek dedicated to fisheries research in lakes, streams and rivers.

Areas of fish and habitat research include:

• Biological Indicies
• Habitat
• Management & Regulation
• Propagation
• Citizen Monitoring