Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the…

Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the national park system. The study units facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. This project will monitor fish and macroinvertebrate populations in fifteen streams at seven national park sites in the washington DC region as part of the inventory and monitoring program. Staff from stroud water research center will survey each stream to determine fish species present and collected related data and calculate the fish index of biological integrity a measure of water quality. This will enable managers to prioritize management actions to protect streams.beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public.