As funds are made available, the virginia department of wildlife resources will work to conserve and restore federally protectedspecies by implementing the following projects:1. Restoration and…

As funds are made available, the virginia department of wildlife resources will work to conserve and restore federally protectedspecies by implementing the following projects:1. Restoration and assessment of the yellowfin madtom (noturus flavipinnis taylor) in the north fork holston river, virginia 2. Propagation and restoration of duskytail darter (etheostoma percnurum) in the upper clinch river 3. Using mark-recapture techniques to estimate population parameters and detection probability for the federally endangered jamesspinymussel (parvaspina collina) 4. Long-term visual monitoring sites for spotfin chub (erimonax monachus) in the north folk holston river 5. Assessment of rare and endangered fish species in the lower clinch river of virginia 6. Environmental DNA surveillance of the duskytail darter, etheostoma percnurum, in virginia 7. Semi-quantitative and qualitative mussel survey in the middle fork holston river, virginia 8. Survey for the atlantic pigtoe in the nottoway and meherrin rivers in virginia 9. Development of a propagation protocol for big sandy crayfish (cambarus callainus) 10. Semi-quantitative mussel survey of the new river, virginia 11. Monitoring genetic diversity of the duskytail darter, etheostoma percnurum 12. Candy darter propagation and expansion in cripple creek, wythe county, virginia AND13. Status survey for morrison s cave amphipod (stygobromus morrisoni) in virginia.