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This folder contains data contributed to the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) Data System by the Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership (GPFHP). The GPFHP was recognized as a partner of NFHP in October 2009.
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This shapefile is the official boundary of the Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership. The boundary was originally developed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and was updated in 2013 to reflect revisions from the Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership, a recognized Fish Habitat Partnership (FHP) of the National Fish Habitat Partnership.
Categories: Data;
Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service,
ArcGIS Service Definition,
Downloadable,
Map Service;
Tags: Analytical boundary,
Aquatic habitats,
Boundaries,
FHP Boundary,
FHP Product, All tags...
Fish habitats,
GPFHP,
Spatial Data,
Visual, Fewer tags
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Partnership - Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership Lake Sturgeon were an important protein and cultural resource for Native Americans and a key food resource for early settlers in the Red River basin in the 1800’s and earlier. By the mid-1900’s, this unique species was extirpated from this river system as the result of barrier and dam construction, overharvest, and pollution. In the late 1980’s, a broad coalition started the process of reestablishing this key species back into its native range in the Red River system with a focus on rehabilitating habitat, removing barriers/dams, and re-populating the river using hatchery fish. The Christine and Hickson dams were 2 of 3 remaining mainstem dams that prevented...
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