Risky Business: Selected Topics for Managing Rivers and Streams

Moderator:  Phillip Pitts, Fisheries Management Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation, 1907 Hillcrest, Columbia, MO 65201. (573) 884-6861 ext. 279. Phillip.Pitts@mdc.mo.gov

Issues affecting the management of resource users, habitat, and fish and wildlife populations in rivers and streams are as varied and dynamic as the rivers and streams of Missouri. This workshop addresses a selection of various current topics - invasive species, catfish exploitation, habitat restoration and alteration, fish and wildlife population interactions, and sampling. There will be a chance to ask the authors questions and to participate in brief discussions at the end of each presentation.

Session Organizers: Sherry Fischer, Jennifer Girondo, Mike Kruse, Mary Culler, and Phil Pitts for the Rivers and Streams Technical Committee, Missouri Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Presentations:

1:00-1:20 pm	Didymosphenia geminata, an Obnoxious Colonial Diatom in our Streams Dr. Russel Rhodes – Missouri State University
1:20-1:40 pm	Flathead and Blue Catfish Exploitation and Movement Based on Reward Tagging in Selected Missouri Rivers Zach Ford – Missouri Department of Conservation
1:40-2:00 pm	Monitoring Experimental Stream Bank Stabilization Techniques in Missouri Jason Persinger – Missouri Department of Conservation
2:00-2:20 pm	Are River Otters Competing with Ozark Fisherman for Stream Sportfish? Dave Knuth and Jeff Beringer – Missouri Department of Conservation
2:20-2:40 pm	Influence of PL566 Dams on Small Headwater Streams in North Missouri Matt Combes – Missouri Department of Conservation
2:40-3:00 pm	Sampling Stream Fish: An Approach to Improve Species Detection, Estimate Species Richness, and Reliably Determine Trends Through Time. Bob Hrabik, Steve Sheriff and Christopher Kennedy – Missouri Department of Conservation