Project Description
Paddlefish Reintroduction into the Big Cypress Bayou below Lake O the Pines. Paddlefish are being used as a measure of the success of the environmental flow regimes implemented out of LOP in 2011. The long-term goal of this stocking (10 year plan) is to ultimately reestablish a self- sustaining population of the paddlefish in the Big Cypress Bayou.
Conservation Area
Northeast Texas Rivers Native Fish Conservation AreaNFCA Objectives
- Conduct monitoring to evaluate, adapt and refine conservation actions
- Develop conservation demonstration areas
- Organize networks of public and private landowners
- Restore impacted habitats
- Restore stream and habitat connectivity
Project Hierarchy: Moderate (i.e., needs to occur within the next 3-5 years)
Estimated Cost Range: $100,000-$200,000
Project Submitted By: Mike Montagne, USFWS Texas FWCO
Suggested Contact: Mike Montagne
Restoration of altered habitat, restore connectivity, and establish conservation demonstration areas
Texas FWCO, Tishomingo NFH, TPWD, TNC, Caddo Lake Institute, USACE
USFWS, TPWD, USACE, TNC, CLI