Pennsylvania has received a two-year funding to implement the Great Rivers EMAP program (EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program) for the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.

The project will involve the assessment of the fisheries, benthic macroinvertebrates, freshwater mussels, habitat, sediment bioassay and water chemistry. The EPA freshwater biology team plans to provide on-site assistance for the project along with assistance with fish and benthic macroinvertebrate identifications and will coordinate with Ohio on the sediment bioassay support aspect of the project.

For more information go to the E-Map webpage.

1/19/2007