Southeast Minnesota Stream Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Program
Objective: To increase the understanding of cyclic trout populations, watershed health, and aquatic resources of southeast Minnesota
Criteria for choosing and prioritizing specific streams is based on...
- Importance of fisheries to anglers
- Amount of existing water quality data
- Occurrence of sympatric trout populations (brown trout/brook trout)
- Representation of multiple stream classes
- Marginal fishery status (these streams may have climate change issues)
- Spatial distribution
High Priority Streams
- Gribben Creek
- Root River, South Branch
- Trout Run Creek
- West Indian Creek
- Whitewater River, South Branch *
- Winnebago Creek *
*Station moved in 2017
Medium Priority Streams
Bear Creek *- Beaver Creek (Whitewater)
Camp Creek *- Cold Spring Brook
- East Indian Creek
Ferguson Creek *Forestville Creek *- Garvin Brook
Pine Creek (New Hartford) *Root River, South Fork *- Wells Creek
- Whitewater River, Middle Branch
Whitewater River, North Branch *
*Removed from program 2017 due to staff shortages and lack of funding
Low Priority Streams
Bee Creek *- Hay Creek
Root River, North Branch *- Trout Brook
Trout Valley Creek *
* Removed from program 2017 due to staff shortages and lack of funding
Tasks for future LTM Program work:
- Continue to build working relationships with other offices and agencies to make expansion of the project possible
- Determine needs for and acquire equipment for deployment at various stream stations
- Grow and finalize working relationships with other partners
- Present monitoring plans and results at public and professional meetings
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