Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Picture of Upper Quiver Lake, a backwater of the Illinois River, near Havana, IL taken during the summer of 2012

Illinois River Biological Station

The Illinois Natural History Survey's Illinois River Biological Station is one of six stations of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP), administered by the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin.  Staff here also coordinate the Long Term Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers Fish Population Monitoring Program (LTEF), fish and vegetation monitoring and research at the Emiquon Preserve, and a zooplankton research project.  

The Illinois River Biological Station (IRBS) is supported by the Division of Ecology and Conservation Sciences, Illinois Natural History Survey; Illinois Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program (UMRR-EMP); and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through Sport Fish & Wildlife Restoration grants.

IRBS staff also coordinate and undertake various other research programs focusing on large river ecosystems

Illinois River Biological Station