Brandon Harris, a large river ecologist, spoke to Inside Climate News about the spread of invasive species of scud (an amphipod) known as Apocorophium lacustre.
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Using long-term data to improve sportfish monitoring in Illinois Rivers
Researchers at the Illinois River Biological Station wrote an article for Outdoor Illinois Journal about how our long-term electrofishing program supports sportfish management and conservation in Illinois’ major rivers.
Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes
In a recent article by WBEZ Chicago, Joe Greendyk and Mike Spear discuss IRBS’s long-term invasive carp and native fish surveys in the Illinois River as the Brandon Road Interbasin Project progresses.
Some shovelnose sturgeon in Illinois are huge and researchers are fishing for reasons why
Stefan Tucker, a large river ecologist at IRBS, was featured in an article from Inside Climate News about his research on shovelnose sturgeon in the Rock River.
Our Approach to Invasive Carp
Four researchers at IRBS write about the approach they’re taking in the Outdoor Illinois Journal: Monitoring to Manage: The Multi-Agency Approach to Invasive Carp in Illinois.
Wrapping up the 2020 Field Season
October 31st saw an end to the 2020 field season for most of our projects. To say 2020 proposed new challenges would be an understatement! Out of our Havana station, our various projects took us along the entire 270+ mile stretch of the Illinois River, from the outskirts of Chicago to its confluence with the […]
2020 Field Season!
We kicked off our 2020 field season this month! This year we are very busy again sending up to seven field crews out a day working on the Illinois River Waterway and Mississippi River. We have already sampled many riverine fishes including this spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) and this northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes). Follow our […]
A Successful 2019 Field Season!
The staff of the Illinois River Biological Station wrapped up a successful 2019 field season at the end of October. This year, we completed annual fish and water quality sampling on over five projects covering areas along the entire length of the Illinois River and select pools of the Upper Mississippi River. We employed and […]
May & June 2019 Flooding on the Illinois River
IRBS staff members filled sandbags and assembled a muscle wall to prevent the station from being flooded with a predicted crest on the Illinois River in Havana at ~26.5 ft. Director Jim Lamer and ecologists Jason DeBoer and Levi Solomon talked with reporter Matt Sheehan from WMBD out of Peoria, Illinois, about some of the […]
IRBS featured in an Illinois River documentary
Wetlands for Wildlife—the second episode of The Illinois River documentary created for WTVP—is now available to watch! It features researchers Jason DeBoer and Andrya Whitten from the Illinois River Biological Station, as well as Aaron Yetter from the INHS Forbes Biological Station!