2021 Brule Coldwater Legacy Project Report
Abstract
This project was a continuation of the “Assessing Threats to Coldwater Habitat in Wisconsin’s Bois
Brule River” study (Eliot, et.al. 2022). The key objectives of the 2021 Coldwater Legacy Project
were to continue efforts started in 2019, including: temperature monitoring and connecting
undergraduate students to stakeholders through local research; convening a team of experts to
develop the next steps for 2019 Bois Brule River Sediment Depth Survey (Eliot, et.al. 2021); and to
archive and analyze historical temperature data from the Cedar Island Conservancy Ltd fish
hatchery. To better link the temperature monitoring and stakeholder/undergraduate efforts conducted
between 2019 and 2021, data and results from those objectives were included in the above-mentioned
Eliot, et.al., 2022 report. Thirty-four stakeholder recommendations for the Bois Brule River were
also included in the 2022 report.
Results from the Cedar Island Conservancy Ltd fish hatchery data, land cover analyses, and habitat
assessment are reported below. The land cover analyses, and habitat assessments were outcomes of
the stakeholder consultation conducted in 2022.
Subject
Brule River
Wisconsin Bois
temperature monitoring
fish hatchery
land cover
habitat assessment