Cypress Bayou Basin, TexasFish Studies

USACE - WES

Water Supply Study for Shreveport1985 - 1986

SI Curves DevelopedFrom ElectroshockingSpotted BassLongear sunfishGrass pickerelBlacktail shinerIroncolor shinerBrook silversideSpotted sucker

Red River Waterway ProjectShreveport to Daingerfield

1992-1993

Sampling Locations: 21 sites in Black, Little, and Big Cypress Bayou, and 12-Mile 65 species collected, 80 species documented IFIM study completed Water quality and Habitat data available at each sampling location Vicksburg District has HEC model of Big Cypress and 12-Mile Bayou

Floodplain Study1997-1999

Larval Fish Collections: 1997-1998; 6 Sites sampled repeatedly Ten perched wetlands along Big Cypress sampled (seining) and controlling elevationmeasured.

Hydroperiod Management of Riverine Corridors

Gravel Bar Study2007-2008

2000 linear feet of gravel placed in Big Cypress – completed early July 08 Completed pre-project sampling spring and early summer 2008 Post-project monitoring planned.